diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/RelationshipMetadataServiceIT.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/RelationshipMetadataServiceIT.java
index ab1d8cfc97..eb01f0f7e0 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/RelationshipMetadataServiceIT.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/RelationshipMetadataServiceIT.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class RelationshipMetadataServiceIT extends AbstractIntegrationTestWithDa
      * Common function to convert leftItem to a publication item, convert rightItem to an author item,
      * and relating them to each other stored in the relationship field
      */
-    private void initPublicationAuthor() {
+    protected void initPublicationAuthor() throws Exception {
         context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
         EntityType publicationEntityType = EntityTypeBuilder.createEntityTypeBuilder(context, "Publication").build();
         EntityType authorEntityType = EntityTypeBuilder.createEntityTypeBuilder(context, "Author").build();
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class RelationshipMetadataServiceIT extends AbstractIntegrationTestWithDa
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testGetAuthorRelationshipMetadata() {
+    public void testGetAuthorRelationshipMetadata() throws Exception {
         initPublicationAuthor();
         //leftItem is the publication
         //verify the dc.contributor.author virtual metadata
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/TiltedRelationshipMetadataServiceIT.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/TiltedRelationshipMetadataServiceIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c68e4be11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/TiltedRelationshipMetadataServiceIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.content;
+
+/**
+ * This class carries out the same test cases as {@link RelationshipMetadataServiceIT} with a few modifications.
+ */
+public class TiltedRelationshipMetadataServiceIT extends RelationshipMetadataServiceIT {
+
+    /**
+     * Call parent implementation and set the tilted property of {@link #isAuthorOfPublicationRelationshipType}.
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected void initPublicationAuthor() throws Exception {
+        super.initPublicationAuthor();
+
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+
+        isAuthorOfPublicationRelationshipType.setTilted(RelationshipType.Tilted.LEFT);
+        relationshipTypeService.update(context, isAuthorOfPublicationRelationshipType);
+
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+    }
+
+}