diff --git a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/synthetic.py b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/synthetic.py
index f1783596..8c50d869 100644
--- a/zipline/pipeline/loaders/synthetic.py
+++ b/zipline/pipeline/loaders/synthetic.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from bcolz import ctable
 from numpy import (
     arange,
     array,
+    eye,
     float64,
     full,
     iinfo,
@@ -86,6 +87,29 @@ class PrecomputedLoader(PipelineLoader):
         return out
 
 
+class EyeLoader(PrecomputedLoader):
+    """
+    A PrecomputedLoader that emits arrays containing 1s on the diagonal and 0s
+    elsewhere.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    columns : list[BoundColumn]
+        Columns that this loader should know about.
+    dates : iterable[datetime-like]
+        Same as PrecomputedLoader.
+    sids : iterable[int-like]
+        Same as PrecomputedLoader
+    """
+    def __init__(self, columns, dates, sids):
+        shape = (len(dates), len(sids))
+        super(EyeLoader, self).__init__(
+            {column: eye(shape, dtype=column.dtype) for column in columns},
+            dates,
+            sids,
+        )
+
+
 class SyntheticDailyBarWriter(BcolzDailyBarWriter):
     """
     Bcolz writer that creates synthetic data based on asset lifetime metadata.