diff --git a/tests/intl/intltest.cpp b/tests/intl/intltest.cpp
index a7e90e71bb..4c6b473b71 100644
--- a/tests/intl/intltest.cpp
+++ b/tests/intl/intltest.cpp
@@ -226,4 +226,11 @@ void IntlTestCase::IsAvailable()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( origLocale, setlocale(LC_ALL, NULL) );
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("wxLocale::Default", "[locale]")
+{
+    wxLocale loc;
+
+    REQUIRE( loc.Init(wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT, wxLOCALE_DONT_LOAD_DEFAULT) );
+}
+
 #endif // wxUSE_INTL