diff --git a/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py b/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py
index f0763550d12f16031d0f1715933509107d35e0f9..7bc1a86219c3bd21f66ed3534b4764de568fbb7c 100755
--- a/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py
+++ b/test/ganeti.utils_unittest.py
@@ -1054,6 +1054,19 @@ class TestFormatTime(unittest.TestCase):
     FormatTime(int(time.time()))
 
 
+class TestFingerprintFile(unittest.TestCase):
+  def setUp(self):
+    self.tmpfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+
+  def test(self):
+    self.assertEqual(utils._FingerprintFile(self.tmpfile.name),
+                     "da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709")
+
+    utils.WriteFile(self.tmpfile.name, data="Hello World\n")
+    self.assertEqual(utils._FingerprintFile(self.tmpfile.name),
+                     "648a6a6ffffdaa0badb23b8baf90b6168dd16b3a")
+
+
 class TestUnescapeAndSplit(unittest.TestCase):
   """Testing case for UnescapeAndSplit"""