diff --git a/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/conftest.py b/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/conftest.py
index 0fb42c5..993bc65 100644
--- a/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/lister/launchpad/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,47 +1,56 @@
 # Copyright (C) 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
 import json
 import os
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 
 from swh.lister import get_lister
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def lister_launchpad(datadir, lister_db_url, engine, swh_scheduler):
     class Collection:
         entries = []
 
         def __init__(self, file):
             self.entries = [Repo(r) for r in file]
 
         def __getitem__(self, key):
             return self.entries[key]
 
     class Repo:
         def __init__(self, d: dict):
             for key in d.keys():
                 if key == "date_last_modified":
                     setattr(self, key, datetime.fromisoformat(d[key]))
                 else:
                     setattr(self, key, d[key])
 
     def mock_lp_response(page) -> Collection:
         response_filepath = os.path.join(datadir, f"response{page}.json")
         with open(response_filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             return Collection(json.load(f))
 
     with patch("launchpadlib.launchpad.Launchpad.login_anonymously"):
         lister = get_lister("launchpad", db_url=lister_db_url)
 
     lister.launchpad.git_repositories.getRepositories.side_effect = [
         mock_lp_response(i) for i in range(3)
     ]
 
+    lister.scheduler.create_task_type(
+        {
+            "type": "load-git",
+            "description": "Load git repository",
+            "backend_name": "swh.loader.git.tasks.UpdateGitRepository",
+            "default_interval": "1 day",
+        }
+    )
+
     return lister