diff --git a/ebean-core/src/test/resources/ebean.mf b/ebean-core/src/test/resources/ebean.mf
index 7d34f1de5..fc2fd6902 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/test/resources/ebean.mf
+++ b/ebean-core/src/test/resources/ebean.mf
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ profile-location: true
 entity-packages: org,misc
 transactional-packages: org
 querybean-packages: none
-synthetic: false
+synthetic: true