diff --git a/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/conftest.py b/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efdc64d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2020 The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def lister_under_test():
+    return "gitlab"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def lister_gitlab(swh_lister):
+    for task_type in [
+        {
+            "type": "load-git",
+            "description": "Load git repository",
+            "backend_name": "swh.loader.git.tasks.UpdateGitRepository",
+            "default_interval": "1 day",
+        },
+    ]:
+        swh_lister.scheduler.create_task_type(task_type)
+
+    return swh_lister
diff --git a/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py
index 151def6..e9a77c6 100644
--- a/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/gitlab/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -1,70 +1,70 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2017-2020 The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import logging
 import re
 import unittest
 
 import pytest
 
 from swh.lister.core.tests.test_lister import HttpListerTesterBase
 from swh.lister.gitlab.lister import GitLabLister
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class GitLabListerTester(HttpListerTesterBase, unittest.TestCase):
     Lister = GitLabLister
     test_re = re.compile(r"^.*/projects.*page=(\d+).*")
     lister_subdir = "gitlab"
     good_api_response_file = "data/gitlab.com/api_response.json"
     bad_api_response_file = "data/gitlab.com/api_empty_response.json"
     first_index = 1
     entries_per_page = 10
     convert_type = int
 
     def response_headers(self, request):
         headers = {"RateLimit-Remaining": "1"}
         if self.request_index(request) == self.first_index:
             headers.update(
                 {"x-next-page": "3",}
             )
 
         return headers
 
     def mock_rate_quota(self, n, request, context):
         self.rate_limit += 1
         context.status_code = 403
         context.headers["RateLimit-Remaining"] = "0"
         one_second = int((datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=1.5)).timestamp())
         context.headers["RateLimit-Reset"] = str(one_second)
         return '{"error":"dummy"}'
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def lister_under_test():
     return "gitlab"
 
 
-def test_lister_gitlab(swh_lister, requests_mock_datadir):
-    swh_lister.run()
+def test_lister_gitlab(lister_gitlab, requests_mock_datadir):
+    lister_gitlab.run()
 
-    r = swh_lister.scheduler.search_tasks(task_type="load-git")
+    r = lister_gitlab.scheduler.search_tasks(task_type="load-git")
     assert len(r) == 10
 
     for row in r:
         assert row["type"] == "load-git"
         # arguments check
         args = row["arguments"]["args"]
         assert len(args) == 0
 
         # kwargs
         kwargs = row["arguments"]["kwargs"]
         url = kwargs["url"]
         assert url.startswith("https://gitlab.com")
 
         assert row["policy"] == "recurring"
         assert row["priority"] is None