diff --git a/test/integration/component/test_project_usage.py b/test/integration/component/test_project_usage.py
index 3262e4010a0..26275045e71 100644
--- a/test/integration/component/test_project_usage.py
+++ b/test/integration/component/test_project_usage.py
@@ -712,6 +712,9 @@ class TestTemplateUsage(cloudstackTestCase):
                             domainid=cls.domain.id
                             )
             cls._cleanup.append(cls.account)
+            cls.userapiclient = cls.testClient.getUserApiClient(
+                                    UserName=cls.account.name,
+                                    DomainName=cls.account.domain)
             cls.services["account"] = cls.account.name
 
             cls.project = Project.create(
@@ -789,7 +792,7 @@ class TestTemplateUsage(cloudstackTestCase):
 
         #Create template from Virtual machine and Volume ID
         self.template = Template.create(
-                                self.apiclient,
+                                self.userapiclient,
                                 self.services["templates"],
                                 self.volume.id,
                                 projectid=self.project.id