diff --git a/swh/lister/github/tests/conftest.py b/swh/lister/github/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e28927b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/github/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2020 The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def lister_under_test():
+    return "github"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def lister_github(swh_lister):
+    for task_type in [
+        {
+            "type": "load-git",
+            "description": "Load git repository",
+            "backend_name": "swh.loader.git.tasks.UpdateGitRepository",
+            "default_interval": "1 day",
+        },
+    ]:
+        swh_lister.scheduler.create_task_type(task_type)
+
+    return swh_lister
diff --git a/swh/lister/github/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/github/tests/test_lister.py
index fef8810..1c0d7b1 100644
--- a/swh/lister/github/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/github/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import re
 import unittest
 
-import pytest
 import requests_mock
 
 from swh.lister.core.tests.test_lister import HttpListerTester
@@ -58,18 +57,13 @@ class GitHubListerTester(HttpListerTester, unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
-def lister_under_test():
-    return "github"
-
-
-def test_lister_github(swh_lister, requests_mock_datadir):
+def test_lister_github(lister_github, requests_mock_datadir):
     """Simple github listing should create scheduled tasks
 
     """
-    swh_lister.run()
+    lister_github.run()
 
-    r = swh_lister.scheduler.search_tasks(task_type="load-git")
+    r = lister_github.scheduler.search_tasks(task_type="load-git")
     assert len(r) == 100
 
     for row in r: