diff --git a/tests/templates/base.html b/tests/templates/base.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e26490f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/templates/base.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+
+ {% block content %}
+ {% endblock %}
+
+
diff --git a/testsettings.py b/testsettings.py
index d3cf99e..baec92a 100644
--- a/testsettings.py
+++ b/testsettings.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
'mellon.backends.SAMLBackend',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'mellon.urls'
+TEMPLATE_DIRS = [
+ 'tests/templates/',
+]
if django.VERSION >= (1,8):
TEMPLATES = [
{