diff --git a/test/builder/pipeline.go b/test/builder/pipeline.go
index a8f7615634d..52aee709ed7 100644
--- a/test/builder/pipeline.go
+++ b/test/builder/pipeline.go
@@ -531,6 +531,13 @@ func PipelineResourceSpec(resourceType v1alpha1.PipelineResourceType, ops ...Pip
 	}
 }
 
+// PipelineResourceDescription sets the description of the pipeline resource
+func PipelineResourceDescription(desc string) PipelineResourceSpecOp {
+	return func(spec *v1alpha1.PipelineResourceSpec) {
+		spec.Description = desc
+	}
+}
+
 // PipelineResourceSpecParam adds a ResourceParam, with specified name and value, to the PipelineResourceSpec.
 func PipelineResourceSpecParam(name, value string) PipelineResourceSpecOp {
 	return func(spec *v1alpha1.PipelineResourceSpec) {
diff --git a/test/builder/pipeline_test.go b/test/builder/pipeline_test.go
index 646f8829247..bb074a9b179 100644
--- a/test/builder/pipeline_test.go
+++ b/test/builder/pipeline_test.go
@@ -397,12 +397,13 @@ func TestPipelineRunWithPipelineSpec(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPipelineResource(t *testing.T) {
 	pipelineResource := tb.PipelineResource("git-resource", "foo", tb.PipelineResourceSpec(
-		v1alpha1.PipelineResourceTypeGit, tb.PipelineResourceSpecParam("URL", "https://foo.git"),
+		v1alpha1.PipelineResourceTypeGit, tb.PipelineResourceSpecParam("URL", "https://foo.git"), tb.PipelineResourceDescription("test description"),
 	))
 	expectedPipelineResource := &v1alpha1.PipelineResource{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "git-resource", Namespace: "foo"},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.PipelineResourceSpec{
-			Type: v1alpha1.PipelineResourceTypeGit,
+			Description: "test description",
+			Type:        v1alpha1.PipelineResourceTypeGit,
 			Params: []v1alpha1.ResourceParam{{
 				Name: "URL", Value: "https://foo.git",
 			}},