diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig-mergepolicy.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig-mergepolicy.xml
index 40d9bada24a..4827bff945c 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig-mergepolicy.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig-mergepolicy.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     <mergePolicy class="org.apache.lucene.index.TieredMergePolicy">
       <int name="maxMergeAtOnceExplicit">19</int>
       <int name="segmentsPerTier">9</int>
+      <double name="noCFSRatio">1.0</double>
     </mergePolicy>
   </indexDefaults>
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestMergePolicyConfig.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestMergePolicyConfig.java
index 5db7b187738..2f3738e4db8 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestMergePolicyConfig.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestMergePolicyConfig.java
@@ -45,5 +45,9 @@ public class TestMergePolicyConfig extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     
     // make sure we overrode segmentsPerTier (split from maxMergeAtOnce out of mergeFactor)
     assertEquals(9D, tieredMP.getSegmentsPerTier(), 0.001);
+    
+    // make sure we overrode noCFSRatio (useless because we disabled useCompoundFile,
+    // but just to make sure it works)
+    assertEquals(1.0D, tieredMP.getNoCFSRatio(), 0.001);
   }
 }