diff --git a/src/condor_starter.V6.1/jic_shadow.cpp b/src/condor_starter.V6.1/jic_shadow.cpp
index 8406f789567..1ce0b1cc805 100644
--- a/src/condor_starter.V6.1/jic_shadow.cpp
+++ b/src/condor_starter.V6.1/jic_shadow.cpp
@@ -2457,6 +2457,7 @@ JICShadow::beginFileTransfer( void )
 
 		ASSERT( filetrans->Init(job_ad, false, PRIV_USER) );
 		filetrans->setSecuritySession(m_filetrans_sec_session);
+		filetrans->setSyscallSocket(syscall_sock);
 		filetrans->RegisterCallback(
 				  (FileTransferHandlerCpp)&JICShadow::transferCompleted,this );
 
diff --git a/src/condor_utils/file_transfer.cpp b/src/condor_utils/file_transfer.cpp
index dcc8d338d1a..55c2f73552d 100644
--- a/src/condor_utils/file_transfer.cpp
+++ b/src/condor_utils/file_transfer.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "data_reuse.h"
 #include "AWSv4-utils.h"
 #include "condor_random_num.h"
+#include "condor_sys.h"
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -5408,7 +5409,6 @@ FileTransfer::InvokeFileTransferPlugin(CondorError &e, const char* source, const
 		return TransferPluginResult::Error;
 	}
 
-
 	// detect which plugin to invoke
 	char *URL = NULL;
 
@@ -5548,6 +5548,18 @@ FileTransfer::InvokeMultipleFileTransferPlugin( CondorError &e,
 			const std::string &plugin_path, const std::string &transfer_files_string,
 			const char* proxy_filename, bool do_upload,
 			std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ClassAd>> *result_ads ) {
+	
+	// MRC test code: Demonstrate a syscall to the condor_shadow
+	int syscall_code = CONDOR_set_job_attr;
+	std::string attr_name = "RefreshOAuthCredentials";
+	std::string attr_value = "Do it! Do it now!";
+	if (m_syscall_socket->is_connected()) {
+		m_syscall_socket->encode();
+		m_syscall_socket->code(syscall_code);
+		m_syscall_socket->code(attr_value);
+		m_syscall_socket->code(attr_name);
+		m_syscall_socket->end_of_message();
+	}
 
 	ArgList plugin_args;
 	CondorClassAdFileIterator adFileIter;
diff --git a/src/condor_utils/file_transfer.h b/src/condor_utils/file_transfer.h
index 23395517062..183c5c2e5f9 100644
--- a/src/condor_utils/file_transfer.h
+++ b/src/condor_utils/file_transfer.h
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ class FileTransfer final: public Service {
 	 */
 	void setCredsDir(const std::string &cred_dir) {m_cred_dir = cred_dir;}
 
+	/** @param socket The socket used to send syscall instructions */
+	void setSyscallSocket(ReliSock* socket) {m_syscall_socket = socket;}
+
 	/** @param reuse_dir: The DataReuseDirectory object to utilize for data reuse
 	 *  lookups
 	 */
@@ -475,6 +478,7 @@ class FileTransfer final: public Service {
 	bool did_init{false};
 	bool simple_init{true};
 	ReliSock *simple_sock{nullptr};
+	ReliSock *m_syscall_socket{nullptr};
 	MyString download_filename_remaps;
 	bool m_use_file_catalog{true};
 	TransferQueueContactInfo m_xfer_queue_contact_info;