diff --git a/src/test/groovy/edu/wisc/doit/gradle/ContinuousPublishPluginTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/edu/wisc/doit/gradle/ContinuousPublishPluginTest.groovy
index 5789ee52ea080dd3100058ff51f4e6a4453c29f6..74ddd25f4ebe90f9ec34999f038a6d652acee42e 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/edu/wisc/doit/gradle/ContinuousPublishPluginTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/edu/wisc/doit/gradle/ContinuousPublishPluginTest.groovy
@@ -22,4 +22,12 @@ class ContinuousPublishPluginTest {
     assertTrue(project.tasks.confirmProjectVersionIncremented instanceof ConfirmProjectVersionIncrementedTask)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void plugin_still_initializes_if_neither_java_or_war_plugin_present() {
+    Project project = ProjectBuilder.builder().build()
+    project.pluginManager.apply 'edu.wisc.doit.gradle.continuous-publish-plugin'
+
+    assertTrue(project.tasks.confirmProjectVersionIncremented instanceof ConfirmProjectVersionIncrementedTask)
+  }
+
 }