diff --git a/Alignment/TrackerAlignment/test/BuildFile.xml b/Alignment/TrackerAlignment/test/BuildFile.xml
index 9970bae1b9fa0..f7b33b10889bb 100644
--- a/Alignment/TrackerAlignment/test/BuildFile.xml
+++ b/Alignment/TrackerAlignment/test/BuildFile.xml
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
 <test name="test_PixelBaryCentreTool" command="pixelPositions.sh"/>
 <test name="test_ProduceSystematicMisalignment" command="testProduceAllMisalignments.sh"/>
 <test name="test_CreateRandomMisalignment" command="testCreateRandomMisalignment.sh"/>
+<test name="test_CreateReferenceRecords" command="testCreateReferenceRecords.sh"/>
diff --git a/Alignment/TrackerAlignment/test/createTrackerAlignmentRcds_Phase2_cfg.py b/Alignment/TrackerAlignment/test/createTrackerAlignmentRcds_Phase2_cfg.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4269f37f9575c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Alignment/TrackerAlignment/test/createTrackerAlignmentRcds_Phase2_cfg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
+import FWCore.ParameterSet.Config as cms
+import FWCore.ParameterSet.VarParsing as VarParsing
+
+import Configuration.Geometry.defaultPhase2ConditionsEra_cff as _settings
+###################################################################
+# Setup 'standard' options
+###################################################################
+options = VarParsing.VarParsing()
+options.register('Scenario',
+                 _settings.DEFAULT_VERSION, # default value
+                 VarParsing.VarParsing.multiplicity.singleton, # singleton or list
+                 VarParsing.VarParsing.varType.string, # string, int, or float
+                 "geometry version to use")
+options.parseArguments()
+
+###################################################################
+# get Global Tag and ERA
+###################################################################
+GLOBAL_TAG, ERA = _settings.get_era_and_conditions(options.Scenario)
+process = cms.Process("Alignment", ERA)
+
+process.load("Configuration.StandardSequences.MagneticField_cff") # B-field map
+if(options.Scenario == _settings.DEFAULT_VERSION):
+    print("Loading default scenario: ", _settings.DEFAULT_VERSION)
+    process.load('Configuration.Geometry.GeometryExtended2026DefaultReco_cff')
+else:
+    process.load('Configuration.Geometry.GeometryExtended'+options.Scenario+'Reco_cff')    
+process.load("Configuration.StandardSequences.FrontierConditions_GlobalTag_cff") # Global tag
+
+
+################################################################################
+# parameters to configure:
+from Configuration.AlCa.GlobalTag import GlobalTag
+process.GlobalTag = GlobalTag(process.GlobalTag,GLOBAL_TAG)
+
+process.load("Alignment.TrackerAlignment.createIdealTkAlRecords_cfi")
+process.createIdealTkAlRecords.alignToGlobalTag = False
+################################################################################
+
+usedGlobalTag = process.GlobalTag.globaltag.value()
+print("Using Global Tag:", usedGlobalTag)
+
+from CondCore.CondDB.CondDB_cfi import *
+process.PoolDBOutputService = cms.Service("PoolDBOutputService",
+    CondDB,
+    timetype = cms.untracked.string("runnumber"),
+    toPut = cms.VPSet(
+        cms.PSet(
+            record = cms.string("TrackerAlignmentRcd"),
+            tag = cms.string("Alignments")
+        ),
+        cms.PSet(
+            record = cms.string("TrackerAlignmentErrorExtendedRcd"),
+            tag = cms.string("AlignmentErrorsExtended")
+        ),
+        cms.PSet(
+            record = cms.string("TrackerSurfaceDeformationRcd"),
+            tag = cms.string("AlignmentSurfaceDeformations")
+        ),
+    )
+)
+process.PoolDBOutputService.connect = \
+    ("sqlite_file:tracker_alignment_payloads_"+
+     options.Scenario+("_reference.db"
+                    if process.createIdealTkAlRecords.createReferenceRcd
+                    else "_fromIdealGeometry.db"))
+
+process.maxEvents = cms.untracked.PSet(input = cms.untracked.int32(1))
+process.source = cms.Source("EmptySource")
+
+process.p = cms.Path(process.createIdealTkAlRecords)
diff --git a/Alignment/TrackerAlignment/test/testCreateReferenceRecords.sh b/Alignment/TrackerAlignment/test/testCreateReferenceRecords.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..7b896fc5f94a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Alignment/TrackerAlignment/test/testCreateReferenceRecords.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+function die { echo $1: status $2 ; exit $2; }
+for test in $(ls $SCRAM_TEST_PATH | grep createTrackerAlignmentRcds); do
+    echo -e "\n\nrunning unit test: " ${test}
+    cmsRun $SCRAM_TEST_PATH/${test}  || die "Failure running ${test}" $?
+done