diff --git a/tests/datafiller/generate_users.php b/tests/datafiller/generate_users.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fc24d508f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/datafiller/generate_users.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Use this script (uncommenting the die(); line) to generate a file in
+ * /tmp/data_users.php to replace the data_users.php file here with a much
+ * larger number of (less realistic) users for testing purposes
+ */
+die();
+$string = "\$users[] = array('username' => 'aaaX', 'pass' => 'aaaX', 'firstname' => 'AAAX', 'lastname' => 'BBBX', 'status' => 5, 'auth_source' => 'platform', 'email' => 'aaaX@example.com', 'creator_id' => 1, 'active' => 1);\n";
+$output = '';
+$outputFile = '/tmp/data_users.php';
+$fh = fopen($outputFile, 'a+');
+for ($i=1; $i < 5000; $i++) {
+    fwrite($fh, str_replace('X', $i, $string));
+}
+fclose($fh);