diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/CollectionsAPIDistributedZkTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/CollectionsAPIDistributedZkTest.java
index f73b118d672..695923a12e2 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/CollectionsAPIDistributedZkTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/CollectionsAPIDistributedZkTest.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class CollectionsAPIDistributedZkTest extends AbstractFullDistribZkTestBa
     }
 
     response = CollectionAdminRequest.createCollection("solrj_implicit",
-                                                       "shardA,shardB", server);
+                                                       "shardA,shardB", "conf1", server);
     assertEquals(0, response.getStatus());
     assertTrue(response.isSuccess());
     coresStatus = response.getCollectionCoresStatus();
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ public class CollectionsAPIDistributedZkTest extends AbstractFullDistribZkTestBa
     nodesStatus = response.getCollectionNodesStatus();
     assertEquals(2, nodesStatus.size());
 
-    response = CollectionAdminRequest.createCollection("conf1", 4, server);
+    response = CollectionAdminRequest.createCollection("conf1", 4, "conf1", server);
     assertEquals(0, response.getStatus());
     assertTrue(response.isSuccess());
 
diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/CollectionAdminRequest.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/CollectionAdminRequest.java
index 502e4af0c77..c48d73562bd 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/CollectionAdminRequest.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/request/CollectionAdminRequest.java
@@ -297,13 +297,14 @@ public class CollectionAdminRequest extends SolrRequest
     return req.process( server );
   }
   public static CollectionAdminResponse createCollection( String name,
-                                                          Integer shards,
+                                                          Integer shards, String conf,
                                                           SolrServer server ) throws SolrServerException, IOException
   {
     Create req = new Create();
     req.setCollectionName(name);
     req.setRouterName("compositeId");
     req.setNumShards(shards);
+    req.setConfigName(conf);
     return req.process( server );
   }
 
@@ -327,13 +328,14 @@ public class CollectionAdminRequest extends SolrRequest
     return req.process( server );
   }
   public static CollectionAdminResponse createCollection( String name,
-                                                          String shards,
+                                                          String shards, String conf,
                                                           SolrServer server ) throws SolrServerException, IOException
   {
     Create req = new Create();
     req.setCollectionName(name);
     req.setRouterName("implicit");
     req.setShards(shards);
+    req.setConfigName(conf);
     return req.process( server );
   }