diff --git a/modules/user/user.test b/modules/user/user.test
index 97d23b4..503d2c3 100644
--- a/modules/user/user.test
+++ b/modules/user/user.test
@@ -2229,6 +2229,13 @@ class UserUserSearchTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $edit = array('keys' => $keys);
     $this->drupalPost('search/user/', $edit, t('Search'));
     $this->assertText($keys);
+    
+    // Verify that wildcard search works.
+    $keys = $user1->mail;
+    $keys = substr($keys, 0, 2) . '*' . substr($keys, 4, 2);
+    $edit = array('keys' => $keys);
+    $this->drupalPost('search/user/', $edit, t('Search'));
+    $this->assertText($user1->name, 'Search for email wildcard resulted in user name on page for administrative user');
 
     // Create a blocked user.
     $blocked_user = $this->drupalCreateUser();