diff --git a/src/Services/Ordering/Ordering.API/Startup.cs b/src/Services/Ordering/Ordering.API/Startup.cs
index 0f75b6370..f1d58be1d 100644
--- a/src/Services/Ordering/Ordering.API/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/Services/Ordering/Ordering.API/Startup.cs
@@ -109,15 +109,7 @@
 
             app.UseCors("CorsPolicy");
 
-            var identityUrl = Configuration.GetValue<string>("IdentityUrl");
-
-            app.UseIdentityServerAuthentication(new IdentityServerAuthenticationOptions
-            {
-                Authority = identityUrl.ToString(),
-                ScopeName = "orders",
-                RequireHttpsMetadata = false
-            });
-
+            ConfigureAuth(app);
 
             app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();
 
@@ -126,5 +118,16 @@
 
             OrderingContextSeed.SeedAsync(app).Wait();
         }
+
+        protected virtual void ConfigureAuth(IApplicationBuilder app)
+        {
+            var identityUrl = Configuration.GetValue<string>("IdentityUrl");
+            app.UseIdentityServerAuthentication(new IdentityServerAuthenticationOptions
+            {
+                Authority = identityUrl.ToString(),
+                ScopeName = "orders",
+                RequireHttpsMetadata = false
+            });
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Services/FunctionalTests/Middleware/AutoAuthorizeMiddleware.cs b/test/Services/FunctionalTests/Middleware/AutoAuthorizeMiddleware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72248e29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Services/FunctionalTests/Middleware/AutoAuthorizeMiddleware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace FunctionalTests.Middleware
+{
+    class AutoAuthorizeMiddleware
+    {
+        private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
+        public AutoAuthorizeMiddleware(RequestDelegate rd)
+        {
+            _next = rd;
+        }
+
+        public async Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
+        {
+            var identity = new ClaimsIdentity();
+            identity.AddClaim(new Claim("sub", "1234"));
+            httpContext.User.AddIdentity(identity);
+            await _next.Invoke(httpContext);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Services/FunctionalTests/Services/Ordering/OrderingScenarioBase.cs b/test/Services/FunctionalTests/Services/Ordering/OrderingScenarioBase.cs
index ee069ffc4..bf267d5f7 100644
--- a/test/Services/FunctionalTests/Services/Ordering/OrderingScenarioBase.cs
+++ b/test/Services/FunctionalTests/Services/Ordering/OrderingScenarioBase.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
     {
         public TestServer CreateServer()
         {
-            var webHostBuilder = new WebHostBuilder();
+            var webHostBuilder = new WebHostBuilder();            
             webHostBuilder.UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
-            webHostBuilder.UseStartup<Startup>();
+            webHostBuilder.UseStartup<OrderingTestsStartup>();
 
             return new TestServer(webHostBuilder);
         }
diff --git a/test/Services/FunctionalTests/Services/Ordering/OrderingTestsStartup.cs b/test/Services/FunctionalTests/Services/Ordering/OrderingTestsStartup.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02237113f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Services/FunctionalTests/Services/Ordering/OrderingTestsStartup.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using Microsoft.eShopOnContainers.Services.Ordering.API;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using FunctionalTests.Middleware;
+
+namespace FunctionalTests.Services.Ordering
+{
+    public class OrderingTestsStartup : Startup
+    {
+        public OrderingTestsStartup(IHostingEnvironment env) : base(env)
+        {
+        }
+
+        protected override void ConfigureAuth(IApplicationBuilder app)
+        {
+            if (Configuration["isTest"] == bool.TrueString.ToLowerInvariant())
+            {
+                app.UseMiddleware<AutoAuthorizeMiddleware>();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                base.ConfigureAuth(app);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Services/FunctionalTests/settings.json b/test/Services/FunctionalTests/settings.json
index 8d56435f4..3b6023956 100644
--- a/test/Services/FunctionalTests/settings.json
+++ b/test/Services/FunctionalTests/settings.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "ConnectionString": "Server=tcp:127.0.0.1,5433;Database=Microsoft.eShopOnContainers.Services.OrderingDb;User Id=sa;Password=Pass@word;",
-  "IdentityUrl": "http://localhost:5105"
+  "IdentityUrl": "http://localhost:5105",
+  "isTest": "true"
 }