diff --git a/api/tests/conftest.py b/api/tests/conftest.py
index 62bc5ada676327aa1d5044c7bd31eaea45904dea..06d225a0f70912fc8b6f0244d6d1f0a1b05451ed 100644
--- a/api/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/api/tests/conftest.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import tempfile
 import shutil
 import pytest
 
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.core.cache import cache as django_cache
 from dynamic_preferences.registries import global_preferences_registry
 
@@ -66,6 +67,11 @@ def logged_in_client(db, factories, client):
     delattr(client, 'user')
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def anonymous_user():
+    return AnonymousUser()
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def api_client(client):
     return APIClient()