diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SiLorentzAngleTool/CMakeLists.txt b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SiLorentzAngleTool/CMakeLists.txt
index 7afdee9b19bec47e3939a306774edb1e1e907344..db384aa64ddcbb4ffb1330cefa31827cb5ef1a01 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SiLorentzAngleTool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SiLorentzAngleTool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ atlas_add_test( TestSCTLorentzAngle
                 PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 300
                 ENVIRONMENT THREADS=5 )
 
+atlas_add_test( TestSCTLorentzAngleNewConf
+                SCRIPT python -m SiLorentzAngleTool.SCTSiLorentzAngleTestAlgConfig
+                PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 300 )
+
 atlas_add_test( SiLorentzAngleConfig_test
                 SCRIPT test/SiLorentzAngleConfig_test.py
                 PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 30 )
diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SiLorentzAngleTool/python/SCTSiLorentzAngleTestAlgConfig.py b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SiLorentzAngleTool/python/SCTSiLorentzAngleTestAlgConfig.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..89d6edef896f4cf5bd2eda8ac1118422f0deb3a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetConditions/SiLorentzAngleTool/python/SCTSiLorentzAngleTestAlgConfig.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"""Define method to configure and test SCTSiLorentzAngleTestAlg
+
+Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
+"""
+from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentAccumulator import ComponentAccumulator
+from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentFactory import CompFactory
+
+def SCTSiLorentzAngleTestAlgCfg(flags, name="SCTSiLorentzAngleTestAlg", **kwargs):
+    """Return a configured SCTSiLorentzAngleTestAlg"""
+    acc = ComponentAccumulator()
+    from SiLorentzAngleTool.SCT_LorentzAngleConfig import SCT_LorentzAngleCfg
+    kwargs.setdefault("SCTLorentzAngleTool", acc.popToolsAndMerge(SCT_LorentzAngleCfg(flags)))
+    acc.addEventAlgo(CompFactory.SCTSiLorentzAngleTestAlg(**kwargs))
+    return acc
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    from AthenaCommon.Logging import log
+    from AthenaCommon.Constants import INFO
+    log.setLevel(INFO)
+
+    from AthenaCommon.Configurable import Configurable
+    Configurable.configurableRun3Behavior=1
+
+    from AthenaConfiguration.AllConfigFlags import ConfigFlags
+    ConfigFlags.Input.isMC = True
+    ConfigFlags.Input.ProjectName = "mc16_13TeV"
+    ConfigFlags.Input.RunNumber = [300000] # MC16c 2017 run number
+    ConfigFlags.addFlag("Input.InitialTimeStamp", 1500000000) # MC16c 2017 time stamp
+    ConfigFlags.IOVDb.GlobalTag = "OFLCOND-MC16-SDR-18"
+    ConfigFlags.GeoModel.AtlasVersion = "ATLAS-R2-2015-03-01-00"
+    ConfigFlags.Detector.GeometrySCT = True
+    ConfigFlags.lock()
+
+    from AthenaConfiguration.MainServicesConfig import MainServicesCfg
+    cfg = MainServicesCfg(ConfigFlags)
+
+    from SCT_GeoModel.SCT_GeoModelConfig import SCT_GeometryCfg
+    cfg.merge(SCT_GeometryCfg(ConfigFlags))
+
+    from McEventSelector.McEventSelectorConfig import McEventSelectorCfg
+    cfg.merge(McEventSelectorCfg(ConfigFlags))
+
+    cfg.merge(SCTSiLorentzAngleTestAlgCfg(ConfigFlags))
+
+    cfg.run(maxEvents=20)
+