diff --git a/test/unit/cartodb/rate-limit.test.js b/test/unit/cartodb/rate-limit.test.js
index 3b2ae99b..6124794f 100644
--- a/test/unit/cartodb/rate-limit.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/cartodb/rate-limit.test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require('../../support/test_helper');
+
 const assert = require('assert');
 const redis = require('redis');
 const RedisPool = require('redis-mpool');