diff --git a/indexing-service/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/TaskLifecycleTest.java b/indexing-service/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/TaskLifecycleTest.java
index 5f80f37d132..21c349a69c8 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/TaskLifecycleTest.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/test/java/io/druid/indexing/overlord/TaskLifecycleTest.java
@@ -293,6 +293,20 @@ public class TaskLifecycleTest
     Assert.assertEquals("num segments nuked", 0, mdc.getNuked().size());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testNoopTask() throws Exception
+  {
+    final Task noopTask = new DefaultObjectMapper().readValue(
+        "{\"type\":\"noop\", \"runTime\":\"100\"}\"",
+        Task.class
+    );
+    final TaskStatus status = runTask(noopTask);
+
+    Assert.assertEquals("statusCode", TaskStatus.Status.SUCCESS, status.getStatusCode());
+    Assert.assertEquals("num segments published", 0, mdc.getPublished().size());
+    Assert.assertEquals("num segments nuked", 0, mdc.getNuked().size());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testNeverReadyTask() throws Exception
   {