diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 2ffb67c..f50b44f 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -752,6 +752,15 @@
     return $test_case;
 }
 
+sub get_test_case {
+	print "What test case would you like to run?\n";
+	print " (build, install or boot)\n";
+	print " Other tests are available but require editing the config file\n";
+	my $ans = <STDIN>;
+	chomp $ans;
+	$default{"TEST_TYPE"} = $ans;
+}
+
 sub read_config {
     my ($config) = @_;
 
@@ -766,10 +775,7 @@
     # was a test specified?
     if (!$test_case) {
 	print "No test case specified.\n";
-	print "What test case would you like to run?\n";
-	my $ans = <STDIN>;
-	chomp $ans;
-	$default{"TEST_TYPE"} = $ans;
+	get_test_case;
     }
 
     # set any defaults
@@ -3070,6 +3076,7 @@
 }
 
 if (! -f $ktest_config) {
+    get_test_case;
     open(OUT, ">$ktest_config") or die "Can not create $ktest_config";
     print OUT << "EOF"
 # Generated by ktest.pl
@@ -3088,6 +3095,7 @@
 # Define each test with TEST_START
 # The config options below it will override the defaults
 TEST_START
+TEST_TYPE = $default{"TEST_TYPE"}
 
 DEFAULTS
 EOF