diff --git a/fail2ban-testcases b/fail2ban-testcases
index f44e84d4..16c92c5f 100755
--- a/fail2ban-testcases
+++ b/fail2ban-testcases
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(misctestcase.CustomDateFormatsTest))
 # Filter
 if not opts.no_network:
     tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(filtertestcase.IgnoreIP))
+tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(filtertestcase.BasicFilter))
 tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(filtertestcase.LogFile))
 tests.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(filtertestcase.LogFileMonitor))
 if not opts.no_network:
diff --git a/testcases/filtertestcase.py b/testcases/filtertestcase.py
index 63f23400..7b09ffed 100644
--- a/testcases/filtertestcase.py
+++ b/testcases/filtertestcase.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import tempfile
 
 from server.jail import Jail
 from server.filterpoll import FilterPoll
-from server.filter import FileFilter, DNSUtils
+from server.filter import Filter, FileFilter, DNSUtils
 from server.failmanager import FailManager
 from server.failmanager import FailManagerEmpty
 
@@ -144,6 +144,20 @@ def _copy_lines_between_files(fin, fout, n=None, skip=0, mode='a', terminal_line
 #  Actual tests
 #
 
+class BasicFilter(unittest.TestCase):
+
+	def setUp(self):
+		self.filter = Filter('name')
+
+	def testGetSetUseDNS(self):
+		# default is warn
+		self.assertEqual(self.filter.getUseDns(), 'warn')
+		self.filter.setUseDns(True)
+		self.assertEqual(self.filter.getUseDns(), 'yes')
+		self.filter.setUseDns(False)
+		self.assertEqual(self.filter.getUseDns(), 'no')
+
+
 class IgnoreIP(LogCaptureTestCase):
 
 	def setUp(self):