diff --git a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/OrderTest.php b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/OrderTest.php
index 68511e9ac73b..58ab4f7d2a81 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/OrderTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/OrderTest.php
@@ -339,6 +339,16 @@ public function testAddOrderForParticipant() {
       'id' => $order['id'],
     ]);
 
+    // Enable the "Pending from approval" status which is not enabled by default
+    $pendingFromApprovalParticipantStatus = civicrm_api3('ParticipantStatusType', 'getsingle', [
+      'name' => "Pending from approval",
+    ]);
+    civicrm_api3('ParticipantStatusType', 'create', [
+      'id' => $pendingFromApprovalParticipantStatus['id'],
+      'name' => "Pending from approval",
+      'is_active' => 1,
+    ]);
+
     $p['line_items'][] = [
       'line_item' => $lineItems,
       'params' => [