diff --git a/Makefile-tests.am b/Makefile-tests.am
index 4a8894ea..cf4bc969 100644
--- a/Makefile-tests.am
+++ b/Makefile-tests.am
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ insttest_DATA = tests/archive-test.sh \
 	tests/libtest.sh \
 	tests/admin-test.sh \
 	tests/basic-test.sh \
+	tests/test-basic-user.sh \
 	tests/corrupt-repo-ref.js \
 	$(NULL)
 
diff --git a/tests/test-basic-user.sh b/tests/test-basic-user.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c1705254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-basic-user.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+#
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the
+# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+# Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+set -e
+
+echo "1..1"
+
+. $(dirname $0)/libtest.sh
+
+setup_test_repository "bare-user"
+echo "ok setup"
+
+. $(dirname $0)/basic-test.sh