diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestSearchTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestSearchTests.java
index 19bc28f188d..a362b435af8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestSearchTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/suggest/SuggestSearchTests.java
@@ -1253,6 +1253,18 @@ public class SuggestSearchTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
         assertSuggestionSize(searchSuggest, 0, 10, "title");
         assertSuggestionPhraseCollateMatchExists(searchSuggest, "title", 2);
 
+        collateWithParams = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder()
+                .startObject()
+                .startObject("query")
+                .startObject("{{query_type}}")
+                .field("{{query_field}}", "{{suggestion}}")
+                .endObject()
+                .endObject()
+                .endObject().string();
+
+        params.clear();
+        params.put("query_type", "match_phrase");
+        params.put("query_field", "title");
         // collate filter request with prune set to true
         phraseSuggestWithParamsAndReturn = suggest.collateFilter(collateWithParams).collateQuery(null).collateParams(params).collatePrune(true);
         searchSuggest = searchSuggest("united states house of representatives elections in washington 2006", phraseSuggestWithParamsAndReturn);