diff --git a/conf/fairscheduler.xml.template b/conf/fairscheduler.xml.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..04a6b418dc172c237b9db030b4bafe868ded64db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/fairscheduler.xml.template
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<allocations>
+<pool name="production">
+    <minShare>2</minShare>
+    <weight>1</weight>
+    <schedulingMode>FAIR</schedulingMode>
+</pool>
+<pool name="test">
+    <minShare>3</minShare>
+    <weight>2</weight>
+    <schedulingMode>FIFO</schedulingMode>
+</pool>
+<pool name="data">
+</pool>
+</allocations>
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/fairscheduler.xml b/core/src/test/resources/fairscheduler.xml
index 5a688b0ebb973105fa603f924fe819eecda8ba46..6e573b1883678f22cae10b06750435aab1b51b81 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/fairscheduler.xml
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/fairscheduler.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <allocations>
 <pool name="1">
     <minShare>2</minShare>