diff --git a/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py b/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
index ee27a59..a0c93c7 100644
--- a/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
+++ b/tests/test_dump-anydbm.py
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ def make_gdbm_test_db():
 	test_db['second key'] = 'second value'
 	test_db.close()
 	return db_name
+
+def test_assert_gdbm_db_is_created_and_correctly_identified(make_gdbm_test_db):
+	print "runing assert_gdbm_db_is_created_and_correctly_identified with gdbm test file"
+	assert whichdb(make_gdbm_test_db) == "dbm.gdbm" or "gdbm"
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