diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/performance/AbstractS3ACostTest.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/performance/AbstractS3ACostTest.java
index e37717bfa1..0ecbe4d5b8 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/performance/AbstractS3ACostTest.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/performance/AbstractS3ACostTest.java
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ public Configuration createConfiguration() {
 
     removeBaseAndBucketOverrides(bucketName, conf,
         DIRECTORY_MARKER_POLICY,
-        AUTHORITATIVE_PATH);
+        AUTHORITATIVE_PATH,
+        FS_S3A_CREATE_PERFORMANCE);
     // directory marker options
     conf.set(DIRECTORY_MARKER_POLICY,
         keepMarkers
@@ -235,6 +236,21 @@ protected Path file(Path path, final boolean overwrite)
     return path;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a file with a specific body, returning its path.
+   * @param path path to file.
+   * @param overwrite overwrite flag
+   * @param body body of file
+   * @return path of new file
+   */
+  protected Path file(Path path, final boolean overwrite, byte[] body)
+      throws IOException {
+    ContractTestUtils.createFile(getFileSystem(), path, overwrite, body);
+    return path;
+  }
+
+
+
   /**
    * Touch a file, overwriting.
    * @param path path