diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/test/repositories/metadata-repository/org/apache/archiva/metadata/tests/bad_artifact/.dummy b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/test/repositories/metadata-repository/org/apache/archiva/metadata/tests/bad_artifact/.dummy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c543bead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/src/test/repositories/metadata-repository/org/apache/archiva/metadata/tests/bad_artifact/.dummy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+make sure directory exists