diff --git a/test/fixtures/custom_fields.yml b/test/fixtures/custom_fields.yml
index 98dccdfcb..0ca34ab9f 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/custom_fields.yml
+++ b/test/fixtures/custom_fields.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 --- 
 custom_fields_001: 
   name: Database
+  description: Select one of the databases
   regexp: ""
   is_for_all: true
   is_filter: true
diff --git a/test/integration/api_test/custom_fields_test.rb b/test/integration/api_test/custom_fields_test.rb
index 4db397b1a..30a5c6f7a 100644
--- a/test/integration/api_test/custom_fields_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api_test/custom_fields_test.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class Redmine::ApiTest::CustomFieldsTest < Redmine::ApiTest::Base
     assert_select 'custom_fields' do
       assert_select 'custom_field' do
         assert_select 'name', :text => 'Database'
+        assert_select 'description', :text => 'Select one of the databases'
         assert_select 'id', :text => '2'
         assert_select 'customized_type', :text => 'issue'
         assert_select 'possible_values[type=array]' do