diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-groovyx-bundle/nifi-groovyx-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/groovyx/ExecuteGroovyScriptTest.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-groovyx-bundle/nifi-groovyx-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/groovyx/ExecuteGroovyScriptTest.java
index e275177325..a49ad8f086 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-groovyx-bundle/nifi-groovyx-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/groovyx/ExecuteGroovyScriptTest.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-groovyx-bundle/nifi-groovyx-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/groovyx/ExecuteGroovyScriptTest.java
@@ -225,6 +225,20 @@ public class ExecuteGroovyScriptTest {
         runner.setProperty(proc.SCRIPT_BODY, " { { ");
         runner.assertNotValid();
     }
+	//---------------------------------------------------------
+    @Test
+    public void test_ctl_01_access() throws Exception {
+        runner.setProperty(proc.SCRIPT_FILE, TEST_RESOURCE_LOCATION + "test_ctl_01_access.groovy");
+        runner.setProperty("CTL.mydbcp", "dbcp"); //pass dbcp as a service to script
+        runner.assertValid();
+
+        runner.run();
+
+        runner.assertAllFlowFilesTransferred(proc.REL_SUCCESS.getName(), 1);
+        final List<MockFlowFile> result = runner.getFlowFilesForRelationship(proc.REL_SUCCESS.getName());
+        MockFlowFile resultFile = result.get(0);
+        resultFile.assertContentEquals("OK", "UTF-8");
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void test_sql_01_select() throws Exception {
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-groovyx-bundle/nifi-groovyx-processors/src/test/resources/groovy/test_ctl_01_access.groovy b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-groovyx-bundle/nifi-groovyx-processors/src/test/resources/groovy/test_ctl_01_access.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f788fbb40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-groovyx-bundle/nifi-groovyx-processors/src/test/resources/groovy/test_ctl_01_access.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+//just check that it's possible to access controller services
+def ff=session.create()
+def con=CTL.mydbcp.getConnection()
+assert con instanceof java.sql.Connection
+con.close();
+ff.write('UTF-8', 'OK')
+REL_SUCCESS<<ff