diff --git a/test_jobs/preflagger_step_generator.json b/test_jobs/preflagger_step_generator.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4c6b5085d4492d2a008d0c0cdd0bbd4139c97132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_jobs/preflagger_step_generator.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "input_parset": [{
+    "step_type": "name",
+    "step_id": "id",
+    "parameters": []
+}],
+  "strategy": {"class":"File", "path":"/dev/null"}
+}