diff --git a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php
index e5d7f699f189..09a7ff52bd50 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php
+++ b/tests/acceptance/features/bootstrap/Provisioning.php
@@ -814,6 +814,43 @@ public function resetOldLdapConfig() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This function will allow us to manually add skeleton files
+	 *
+	 * @param array $usersAttributes
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	public function manuallyAddSkeletonFiles($usersAttributes) {
+		$skeletonDir = \getenv("SKELETON_DIR");
+		$revaRoot = \getenv("OCIS_REVA_DATA_ROOT");
+		if (!$skeletonDir) {
+			throw new Exception('Missing SKELETON_DIR environment variable, cannot copy skeleton files for OCIS');
+		}
+		if (!$revaRoot && OcisHelper::getDeleteUserDataCommand() !== false) {
+			foreach ($usersAttributes as $userAttributes) {
+				OcisHelper::recurseUpload(
+					$this->getBaseUrl(),
+					$skeletonDir,
+					$userAttributes['userid'],
+					$userAttributes['password']
+				);
+			}
+		} elseif (!$revaRoot) {
+			throw new Exception('Missing OCIS_REVA_DATA_ROOT environment variable, cannot copy skeleton files for OCIS');
+		} else {
+			foreach ($usersAttributes as $userAttributes) {
+				$user = $userAttributes['userid'];
+				$dataDir = $revaRoot . "data/$user/files";
+				if (!\file_exists($dataDir)) {
+					\mkdir($dataDir, 0777, true);
+				}
+				OcisHelper::recurseCopy($skeletonDir, $dataDir);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * This function will allow us to send user creation requests in parallel.
 	 * This will be faster in comparison to waiting for each request to complete before sending another request.
@@ -1202,11 +1239,7 @@ public function adminSendsUserCreationRequestUsingTheProvisioningApi($user, $pas
 			$setting["password"] = $password;
 			$setting["email"] = $email;
 			\array_push($settings, $setting);
-			$this->usersHaveBeenCreated(
-				true,
-				$settings,
-				'api'
-			);
+			$this->manuallyAddSkeletonFiles($settings);
 		} else {
 			$this->addUserToCreatedUsersList($user, $password);
 		}