diff --git a/test/integration/component/test_vpc_vm_life_cycle.py b/test/integration/component/test_vpc_vm_life_cycle.py
index e612572554b..9844c1f8922 100644
--- a/test/integration/component/test_vpc_vm_life_cycle.py
+++ b/test/integration/component/test_vpc_vm_life_cycle.py
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class Services:
                 "traffictype": 'GUEST',
                 "availability": 'Optional',
                 "useVpc": 'on',
-                "specifyIpRanges": False,
-                "specifyVlan": False
+                "specifyIpRanges": True,
+                "specifyVlan": True
             },
             "vpc_offering": {
                 "name": 'VPC off',
@@ -863,9 +863,35 @@ class TestVMLifeCycleVPC(cloudstackTestCase):
                                          )
         return
 
-@unittest.skip("skipped - The setup of shared network is wrong, need to be fixed ")
 class TestVMLifeCycleSharedNwVPC(cloudstackTestCase):
 
+    @classmethod
+    def getFreeVlan(cls, apiclient, zoneid):
+        """
+        Find an unallocated VLAN outside the range allocated to the physical network.
+
+        @note: This does not guarantee that the VLAN is available for use in
+        the deployment's network gear
+        @return: physical_network, shared_vlan_tag
+        """
+        list_physical_networks_response = PhysicalNetwork.list(
+            apiclient,
+            zoneid=zoneid
+        )
+        assert isinstance(list_physical_networks_response, list)
+        assert len(list_physical_networks_response) > 0, "No physical networks found in zone %s" % zoneid
+
+        physical_network = list_physical_networks_response[0]
+        vlans = xsplit(physical_network.vlan, ['-', ','])
+
+        assert len(vlans) > 0
+        assert int(vlans[0]) < int(vlans[-1]), "VLAN range  %s was improperly split" % physical_network.vlan
+        shared_ntwk_vlan = int(vlans[-1]) + random.randrange(1, 20)
+        if shared_ntwk_vlan > 4095:
+            shared_ntwk_vlan = int(vlans[0]) - random.randrange(1, 20)
+            assert shared_ntwk_vlan > 0, "VLAN chosen %s is invalid < 0" % shared_ntwk_vlan
+        return physical_network, shared_ntwk_vlan
+
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         cls.api_client = super(
@@ -942,6 +968,7 @@ class TestVMLifeCycleSharedNwVPC(cloudstackTestCase):
                                     cls.services["network_offering_no_lb"],
                                     conservemode=False
                                     )
+
         cls.shared_nw_off = NetworkOffering.create(
                                         cls.api_client,
                                         cls.services["network_off_shared"],
@@ -950,6 +977,13 @@ class TestVMLifeCycleSharedNwVPC(cloudstackTestCase):
         # Enable Network offering
         cls.shared_nw_off.update(cls.api_client, state='Enabled')
 
+
+        physical_network, shared_vlan = cls.getFreeVlan(cls.api_client, cls.zone.id)
+        #create network using the shared network offering created
+        cls.services["network"]["acltype"] = "Domain"
+        cls.services["network"]["physicalnetworkid"] = physical_network.id
+        cls.services["network"]["vlan"] = shared_vlan
+
         # Creating network using the network offering created
         cls.network_2 = Network.create(
                                 cls.api_client,