diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
index 056af06acc..4110d59b80 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ class Tests_Basic extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertTrue($this->val);
 	}
 
+	function test_readme() {
+		$readme = file_get_contents( ABSPATH . 'readme.html' );
+		preg_match( '#<br /> Version (.*)#', $readme, $matches );
+		list( $version ) = explode( '-', $GLOBALS['wp_version'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( $version, $matches[1], "readme.html's version needs to be updated to $version." );
+	}
+
 	// two tests for a lame bug in PHPUnit that broke the $GLOBALS reference
 	function test_globals() {
 		global $test_foo;