diff --git a/tests/examples/awful/template.lua b/tests/examples/awful/template.lua
index 42c0a897f..21dfdedc6 100644
--- a/tests/examples/awful/template.lua
+++ b/tests/examples/awful/template.lua
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ local pango      = require("lgi").Pango
 local pangocairo = require("lgi").PangoCairo
 
 -- Set the global shims
--- luacheck: globals awesome root tag screen client mouse
+-- luacheck: globals awesome root tag screen client mouse drawin
 awesome = require( "awesome" )
 root    = require( "root"    )
 tag     = require( "tag"     )
 screen  = require( "screen"  )
 client  = require( "client"  )
 mouse   = require( "mouse"   )
+drawin  = require( "drawin"  )
 
 -- Force luacheck to be silent about setting those as unused globals
 assert(awesome and root and tag and screen and client and mouse)
diff --git a/tests/examples/shims/drawin.lua b/tests/examples/shims/drawin.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8c289129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/examples/shims/drawin.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+local gears_obj = require("gears.object")
+
+local drawin, meta = awesome._shim_fake_class()
+
+local function new_drawin(_, args)
+    local ret = gears_obj()
+
+    for k, v in pairs(args) do
+        rawset(ret, k, v)
+    end
+
+    return setmetatable(ret, {
+        __index     = function(...) return meta.__index(...) end,
+        __newindex = function(...) return meta.__newindex(...) end
+    })
+end
+
+return setmetatable(drawin, {
+    __call      = new_drawin,
+})
+
+-- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80
+
diff --git a/tests/examples/wibox/template.lua b/tests/examples/wibox/template.lua
index 3e8d0e0ca..c035185ae 100644
--- a/tests/examples/wibox/template.lua
+++ b/tests/examples/wibox/template.lua
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 local file_path, image_path, luacovpath = ...   
 
 -- Set the global shims
--- luacheck: globals awesome client tag
+-- luacheck: globals awesome client tag drawin
 awesome = require( "awesome" )
 client  = require( "client"  )
 tag     = require( "tag"     )
+drawin  = require( "drawin"  )
 
 -- Force luacheck to be silent about setting those as unused globals
 assert(awesome and client and tag)