diff --git a/mdx/common-beans.xml b/mdx/common-beans.xml
index 45dac399..83d222b2 100644
--- a/mdx/common-beans.xml
+++ b/mdx/common-beans.xml
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@
         p:waitingForPipelines="true"
     />
     
+    <!--
+        EntityRegistrationAuthorityFilterStage
+        
+        Parent for registration authority filtering stages.
+    -->
+    <bean id="EntityRegistrationAuthorityFilterStage" abstract="true" parent="stage_parent"
+        class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.saml.EntityRegistrationAuthorityFilterStage"/>
+    
     <!--
         ***********************************************
         ***                                         ***