diff --git a/tests/config/ignite-config.xml.jinja2 b/tests/config/ignite-config.xml.jinja2
index 22b103e..208cb5f 100644
--- a/tests/config/ignite-config.xml.jinja2
+++ b/tests/config/ignite-config.xml.jinja2
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
 
     <bean id="grid.cfg" class="org.apache.ignite.configuration.IgniteConfiguration">
+        <!-- The tests and the examples use the SQL dialect of the H2-based engine. -->
+        <property name="sqlConfiguration">
+            <bean class="org.apache.ignite.configuration.SqlConfiguration">
+                <property name="queryEnginesConfiguration">
+                    <list>
+                        <bean class="org.apache.ignite.indexing.IndexingQueryEngineConfiguration">
+                            <property name="default" value="true"/>
+                        </bean>
+                        <bean class="org.apache.ignite.calcite.CalciteQueryEngineConfiguration"/>
+                    </list>
+                </property>
+            </bean>
+        </property>
+
         <property name="dataStorageConfiguration">
             <bean class="org.apache.ignite.configuration.DataStorageConfiguration">
                 <property name="defaultDataRegionConfiguration">