diff --git a/spec/factories/ext_management_system.rb b/spec/factories/ext_management_system.rb
index 6b0bdb119efd..1e27075dc4a8 100644
--- a/spec/factories/ext_management_system.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/ext_management_system.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
         create_list :storage, evaluator.storage_count, :ext_management_system => ems
       end
     end
+
+    trait :with_invalid_authentication do
+      after(:create) do |x|
+        x.authentications << FactoryGirl.create(:authentication, :resource => x, :status => "invalid")
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   # Intermediate classes