diff --git a/sandbox/contributions/javascript/queryValidator/testQueryValidator.html b/sandbox/contributions/javascript/queryValidator/testQueryValidator.html
index 5c41f20cbc3..b92e1e7b85a 100644
--- a/sandbox/contributions/javascript/queryValidator/testQueryValidator.html
+++ b/sandbox/contributions/javascript/queryValidator/testQueryValidator.html
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ function testCheckAsterisk()
   query = "bar* *bar";
   assertFalse(query, checkAsterisk(query));
 
+  query = "*";
+  assertFalse(query, checkAsterisk(query));  
+
+  query = "*bar";
+  assertFalse(query, checkAsterisk(query));  
+
   // test with a space in front
   query = " *bar";
   assertFalse(query, checkAsterisk(query));