diff --git a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/IntegrationTestRSGroup.java b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/IntegrationTestRSGroup.java
index 5c099c89731..b10e54a74f6 100644
--- a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/IntegrationTestRSGroup.java
+++ b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/IntegrationTestRSGroup.java
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rsgroup;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.IntegrationTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Waiter;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorHost;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.IntegrationTests;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -43,6 +45,10 @@ public class IntegrationTestRSGroup extends TestRSGroupsBase {
       LOG.info("Setting up IntegrationTestRSGroup");
       LOG.info("Initializing cluster with " + NUM_SLAVES_BASE + " servers");
       TEST_UTIL = new IntegrationTestingUtility();
+      TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().set(HConstants.HBASE_MASTER_LOADBALANCER_CLASS,
+        RSGroupBasedLoadBalancer.class.getName());
+      TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration().set(CoprocessorHost.MASTER_COPROCESSOR_CONF_KEY,
+        RSGroupAdminEndpoint.class.getName());
       ((IntegrationTestingUtility)TEST_UTIL).initializeCluster(NUM_SLAVES_BASE);
       //set shared configs
       admin = TEST_UTIL.getAdmin();