diff --git a/ecommerce/tests/mixins.py b/ecommerce/tests/mixins.py
index a03154b06d6..349c6f11e0b 100644
--- a/ecommerce/tests/mixins.py
+++ b/ecommerce/tests/mixins.py
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ def generate_new_user_token(self, username, email, is_staff):
         # create a mock user, and not the actual user, because we want to confirm that
         #   the user is created during JWT authentication
         user = Mock()
+        user.id = 1
         user.username = username
         user.email = email
         user.is_staff = is_staff