diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Page/DefaultMetatagsTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Page/DefaultMetatagsTest.php
index 00e09e3..5739137 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Page/DefaultMetatagsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Page/DefaultMetatagsTest.php
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ public function testMetaTag() {
     $result = $this->xpath('//meta');
     $this->assertEqual((string) $result[0]->attributes()->name, 'charset');
     $this->assertEqual((string) $result[0]->attributes()->charset, 'utf-8');
+
+    // Ensure that the shortcut icon is on the page.
+    $result = $this->xpath('//link[@rel = "shortcut icon"]');
+    $this->assertEqual(count($result), 1, 'The shortcut icon is present.');
   }
 
 }
-