diff --git a/.github/integration/sda/config.yaml b/.github/integration/sda/config.yaml
index f9a61cb34..b89f0d4a3 100644
--- a/.github/integration/sda/config.yaml
+++ b/.github/integration/sda/config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 log:
   format: "json"
   level: "debug"
+admin:
+  users: "requester@demo.org"
 archive:
   type: s3
   url: "http://s3"
diff --git a/.github/integration/tests/sda/60_api_admin_test.sh b/.github/integration/tests/sda/60_api_admin_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0e9e5b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/integration/tests/sda/60_api_admin_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+token="$(curl http://oidc:8080/tokens | jq -r '.[0]')"
+result="$(curl -sk -L "http://api:8080/users/test@dummy.org/files" -H "Authorization: Bearer $token" | jq '. | length')"
+if [ "$result" -ne 4 ]; then
+    echo "wong number of files returned for user test@dummy.org"
+    echo "expected 4 got $result"
+    exit 1
+fi
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