diff --git a/module/VuFind/config/module.config.php b/module/VuFind/config/module.config.php
index 470ccdd390ab95c66e99612152bf38fdbf8613fc..a88ed1a28bad43fa0a024f6708673a094ce70861 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/config/module.config.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/config/module.config.php
@@ -75,9 +75,15 @@ $config = array(
     ),
     'auth_plugin_manager' => array(
         'abstract_factories' => array('VuFind\Auth\PluginFactory'),
+        'factories' => array(
+            'ils' => function ($sm) {
+                return new \VuFind\Auth\ILS(
+                    $sm->getServiceLocator()->get('ILSConnection')
+                );
+            },
+        ),
         'invokables' => array(
             'database' => 'VuFind\Auth\Database',
-            'ils' => 'VuFind\Auth\ILS',
             'ldap' => 'VuFind\Auth\LDAP',
             'multiauth' => 'VuFind\Auth\MultiAuth',
             'shibboleth' => 'VuFind\Auth\Shibboleth',
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Auth/ILS.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Auth/ILS.php
index 4affd198983ceb6948d81c02a22f681aacd23a47..79e5dc139b643c1991bdf0ec6a64bcf8553f3f89 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Auth/ILS.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Auth/ILS.php
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ class ILS extends AbstractBase
 {
     protected $catalog = null;
 
+    /**
+     * Set the ILS connection for this object.
+     *
+     * @param \VuFind\ILS\Connection $connection ILS connection to set
+     */
+    public function __construct(\VuFind\ILS\Connection $connection)
+    {
+        $this->setCatalog($connection);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the ILS driver associated with this object (or load the default from
      * the service manager.
@@ -51,23 +61,19 @@ class ILS extends AbstractBase
      */
     public function getCatalog()
     {
-        if (null === $this->catalog) {
-            $this->catalog = $this->getServiceLocator()->getServiceLocator()
-                ->get('ILSConnection');
-        }
         return $this->catalog;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Set the ILS driver associated with this object.
+     * Set the ILS connection for this object.
      *
-     * @param \VuFind\ILS\Driver\DriverInterface $driver Driver to set
+     * @param \VuFind\ILS\Connection $connection ILS connection to set
      *
      * @return void
      */
-    public function setCatalog(\VuFind\ILS\Driver\DriverInterface $driver)
+    public function setCatalog(\VuFind\ILS\Connection $connection)
     {
-        $this->catalog = $driver;
+        $this->catalog = $connection;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFindTest/Unit/TestCase.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFindTest/Unit/TestCase.php
index d533f805ea4fed4e5c528b79b7ff56bec6831438..48f64697de84261b911d43f7bbc052eb54c8a1c8 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFindTest/Unit/TestCase.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFindTest/Unit/TestCase.php
@@ -151,7 +151,14 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
                 new \Zend\ServiceManager\Config(
                     array(
                         'abstract_factories' =>
-                            array('VuFind\Auth\PluginFactory')
+                            array('VuFind\Auth\PluginFactory'),
+                        'factories' => array(
+                            'ils' => function ($sm) {
+                                return new \VuFind\Auth\ILS(
+                                    new \VuFind\ILS\Connection()
+                                );
+                            },
+                        ),
                     )
                 )
             );
diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/Auth/ILSTest.php b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/Auth/ILSTest.php
index 0f5274b1772bf3317d463cf47ccaa4061393a68d..986daf535e7a85998fcfd379a5d6337b412f2ea0 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/Auth/ILSTest.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/Auth/ILSTest.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ILSTest extends \VuFindTest\Unit\DbTestCase
     {
         $this->driver = $this->getMock('VuFind\ILS\Driver\Demo');
         $this->auth = $this->getAuthManager()->get('ILS');
-        $this->auth->setCatalog($this->driver);
+        $this->auth->getCatalog()->setDriver($this->driver);;
     }
 
     /**