diff --git a/modules/system/system.test b/modules/system/system.test
index 92f8a0a86cffd77b748a73f67b2c1988c8dfe09d..abd01f8c5fa3e0e061dd068781103ed2fae9c6a0 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.test
+++ b/modules/system/system.test
@@ -295,3 +295,26 @@ class AdminOverviewTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     }
   }
 }
+
+class AdminMetaTagTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
+  /**
+   * Implementation of getInfo().
+   */
+  function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => t('Fingerprinting meta tag'),
+      'description' => t('Confirm that the fingerprinting meta tag appears as expected.'),
+      'group' => t('System')
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Verify that the meta tag HTML is generated correctly.
+   */
+  public function testMetaTag() {
+    list($version,) = explode('.', VERSION);
+    $string = '<meta name="Generator" content="Drupal ' . $version. ' (http://drupal.org)" />';
+    $this->drupalGet('node');
+    $this->assertRaw($string, t('Fingerprinting meta tag generated correctly.'), t('System'));
+  }
+}