diff --git a/python/lsst/ap/association/diaForcedSource.py b/python/lsst/ap/association/diaForcedSource.py
index f47a14f2..eee46072 100644
--- a/python/lsst/ap/association/diaForcedSource.py
+++ b/python/lsst/ap/association/diaForcedSource.py
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class DiaForcedSourcedConfig(pexConfig.Config):
 
     def setDefaults(self):
         self.forcedMeasurement.plugins = ["base_TransformedCentroidFromCoord",
-                                          "base_PsfFlux"]
+                                          "base_PsfFlux",
+                                          "base_PixelFlags"]
         self.forcedMeasurement.doReplaceWithNoise = False
         self.forcedMeasurement.copyColumns = {
             "id": "diaObjectId",
diff --git a/tests/test_diaForcedSource.py b/tests/test_diaForcedSource.py
index ee6fe9dc..d5ef4ec5 100644
--- a/tests/test_diaForcedSource.py
+++ b/tests/test_diaForcedSource.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         # above list of ids.
         self.expectedDiaForcedSources = 6
 
-        self.expected_n_columns = 14
+        self.expected_n_columns = 37
 
     def testRun(self):
         """Test that forced source catalogs are successfully created and have