diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPersonTest.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPersonTest.java
index 0531c90192..c95b042aa2 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPersonTest.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPersonTest.java
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
 
 package org.dspace.eperson;
 
@@ -697,6 +704,8 @@ public class EPersonTest
         assertEquals("should have upgraded algorithm",
                 PasswordHash.getDefaultAlgorithm(),
                 instance.getPasswordHash().getAlgorithm());
+        assertTrue("upgraded hash should still match",
+                instance.checkPassword(attempt));
 
         // TODO test a salted multiround hash
     }