diff --git a/testsuite/openshift/objects/rate_limit.py b/testsuite/openshift/objects/rate_limit.py
index ded279cd..352c83fd 100644
--- a/testsuite/openshift/objects/rate_limit.py
+++ b/testsuite/openshift/objects/rate_limit.py
@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ def create_instance(cls, openshift: OpenShiftClient, name, route: Referencable,
 
         return cls(model, context=openshift.context)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _user_id_variable(user_id):
+        """Add configuration for rate limit."""
+        return {
+            "actions": [
+                {
+                    "metadata": {
+                        "descriptor_key": user_id,
+                        "default_value": "no-user",
+                        "metadata_key": {
+                            "key": "envoy.filters.http.ext_authz",
+                            "path": [{"segment": {"key": "ext_auth_data"}}, {"segment": {"key": user_id}}],
+                        },
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+
     @modify
     def add_limit(self, name, limits: Iterable[Limit], when: Iterable[Rule] = None):
         """Add another limit"""