diff --git a/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/HudsonTest.java b/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/HudsonTest.java
index b2240ff459ea4f30e88501e417054b74897ba9f2..ddf1860c3ea5ed4c5ea510a57d2b5b6f5e30bde8 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/HudsonTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/HudsonTest.java
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ import java.util.List;
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
 public class HudsonTest extends HudsonTestCase {
+    /**
+     * Tests the basic UI sanity and HtmlUnit set up.
+     */
+    public void testGlobalConfigRoundtrip() throws Exception {
+        submit(createWebClient().goTo("configure").getFormByName("config"));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Performs a very basic round-trip of a non-empty system configuration screen.
      * This makes sure that the structured form submission is working (to some limited extent.)