diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c84fd1f2..bfcd83ffd 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ add_boost_test(base
     base_type/byname
     base_type/instantiate
     base_utility/parse_version
+    base_utility/compare_version
     base_utility/comparepasswords_works
     base_utility/comparepasswords_issafe
     base_utility/validateutf8
diff --git a/test/base-utility.cpp b/test/base-utility.cpp
index bf9b8429e..e25179229 100644
--- a/test/base-utility.cpp
+++ b/test/base-utility.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(parse_version)
 	BOOST_CHECK(Utility::ParseVersion("v2.11butactually3.0") == "v2.11butactually3.0");
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(compare_version)
+{
+	BOOST_CHECK(Utility::CompareVersion("2.10.5", Utility::ParseVersion("v2.10.4")) < 0);
+	BOOST_CHECK(Utility::CompareVersion("2.11.0", Utility::ParseVersion("2.11.0-0")) == 0);
+	BOOST_CHECK(Utility::CompareVersion("2.10.5", Utility::ParseVersion("2.11.0-0.rc1.1")) > 0);
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(comparepasswords_works)
 {
 	BOOST_CHECK(Utility::ComparePasswords("", ""));