diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 50e58d310..1bc873424 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ To avail of fixes in an unreleased version, please download a ZIP file
 
 * :gh:issue:`756` ssh connections with `check_host_keys='accept'` would
   timeout, when using recent OpenSSH client versions.
+* :gh:issue:`758` fix initilialisation of callback plugins in test suite, to
+  to address a `KeyError` in
+  :method:`ansible.plugins.callback.CallbackBase.v2_runner_on_start`
 
 
 v0.2.9 (2019-11-02)
diff --git a/tests/ansible/lib/callback/nice_stdout.py b/tests/ansible/lib/callback/nice_stdout.py
index cfd2cc188..7c90a4993 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/lib/callback/nice_stdout.py
+++ b/tests/ansible/lib/callback/nice_stdout.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
     callback: nice_stdout
     type: stdout
+    extends_documentation_fragment:
+      - default_callback
     options:
       check_mode_markers:
         name: Show markers when running in check mode
@@ -74,6 +76,10 @@ def write(s, *args):
 
 
 class CallbackModule(DefaultModule):
+    CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'stdout'
+    CALLBACK_NAME = 'nice_stdout'
+
     def _dump_results(self, result, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
             tio = io.StringIO()
diff --git a/tests/ansible/lib/callback/profile_tasks.py b/tests/ansible/lib/callback/profile_tasks.py
index d54ea0a5a..89d956ac6 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/lib/callback/profile_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/ansible/lib/callback/profile_tasks.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
     A plugin for timing tasks
     """
     def __init__(self):
+        super(CallbackModule, self).__init__()
         self.stats = {}
         self.current = None