diff --git a/testsuite/openshift/objects/rate_limit.py b/testsuite/openshift/objects/rate_limit.py
index 352c83fd..5bae741e 100644
--- a/testsuite/openshift/objects/rate_limit.py
+++ b/testsuite/openshift/objects/rate_limit.py
@@ -38,32 +38,16 @@ def create_instance(cls, openshift: OpenShiftClient, name, route: Referencable,
 
         return cls(model, context=openshift.context)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _user_id_variable(user_id):
-        """Add configuration for rate limit."""
-        return {
-            "actions": [
-                {
-                    "metadata": {
-                        "descriptor_key": user_id,
-                        "default_value": "no-user",
-                        "metadata_key": {
-                            "key": "envoy.filters.http.ext_authz",
-                            "path": [{"segment": {"key": "ext_auth_data"}}, {"segment": {"key": user_id}}],
-                        },
-                    }
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-
     @modify
-    def add_limit(self, name, limits: Iterable[Limit], when: Iterable[Rule] = None):
+    def add_limit(self, name, limits: Iterable[Limit], when: Iterable[Rule] = None, counters=None):
         """Add another limit"""
         limit = {
             "rates": [asdict(limit) for limit in limits],
         }
         if when:
             limit["when"] = [asdict(rule) for rule in when]
+        if counters:
+            limit["counters"] = counters
         self.model.spec.limits[name] = limit
 
     def commit(self):
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/test_rate_limit_authz.py b/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/test_rate_limit_authz.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17240392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/kuadrant/test_rate_limit_authz.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"""Tests for basic authenticated rate limiting"""
+
+import pytest
+
+from testsuite.httpx.auth import HttpxOidcClientAuth
+from testsuite.objects import ValueFrom
+from testsuite.openshift.objects.rate_limit import Limit
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def rate_limit(rate_limit):
+    """Add limit to the policy"""
+    rate_limit.add_limit(
+        "basic", [Limit(5, 60)], counters=[r"metadata.filter_metadata.envoy\.filters\.http\.ext_authz.identity.user"]
+    )
+    return rate_limit
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def authorization(authorization):
+    """Adds JSON injection, that wraps the response as Envoy Dynamic Metadata for rate limit"""
+    authorization.responses.add_json("identity", {"user": ValueFrom("auth.identity.email")}, wrapper="dynamicMetadata")
+    return authorization
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def auth(oidc_provider):
+    """Returns RHSSO authentication object for HTTPX"""
+    return HttpxOidcClientAuth(oidc_provider.get_token, "authorization")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def auth2(rhsso):
+    """Creates new RHSSO user and returns its authentication object for HTTPX"""
+    user = rhsso.realm.create_user("user2", "password", email="test@test.com")
+    return HttpxOidcClientAuth.from_user(rhsso.get_token, user=user)
+
+
+def test_authz_limit(client, auth, auth2):
+    """Tests that rate limit is applied for two users independently"""
+    responses = client.get_many("/get", 5, auth=auth)
+    assert all(
+        r.status_code == 200 for r in responses
+    ), f"Rate Limited resource unexpectedly rejected requests {responses}"
+    assert client.get("/get", auth=auth).status_code == 429
+    assert client.get("/get", auth=auth2).status_code == 200