diff --git a/solr/packaging/test/test_basic_auth.bats b/solr/packaging/test/test_basic_auth.bats
index 973aa95f351c..ab4932a7f5a1 100644
--- a/solr/packaging/test/test_basic_auth.bats
+++ b/solr/packaging/test/test_basic_auth.bats
@@ -91,3 +91,9 @@ run solr create -c COLL_NAME
   #assert_output --partial "Deployment successful"
   #refute_output --partial "Invalid collection"
 }
+
+@test "admin UI static content is excepted from basic auth" {
+  run curl -I -s http://localhost:${SOLR_PORT}/solr/
+  assert_output --partial "HTTP/1.1 200"
+  assert_output --partial "Content-Type: text/html"
+}