diff --git a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptorTest.java b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptorTest.java
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+package org.apache.cassandra.config;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+public class DatabaseDescriptorTest
+{
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldHaveConfigFileNameAvailable()
+    {
+        assertNotNull(DatabaseDescriptor.getConfigFileName(), "DatabaseDescriptor should always be able to return the file name of the config file");
+    }
+}