diff --git a/tests/functional/group_create_test.php b/tests/functional/group_create_test.php
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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package testing
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+* @group functional
+*/
+class phpbb_functional_group_create_test extends phpbb_functional_test_case
+{
+
+	public function test_create_group()
+	{
+		$this->login();
+		$this->admin_login();
+		$this->add_lang('acp/groups');
+
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?i=acp_groups&mode=manage&sid=' . $this->sid);
+		$form = $crawler->selectButton($this->lang('SUBMIT'))->form();
+		$crawler = self::submit($form, array('group_name' => 'testtest'));
+
+		$form = $crawler->selectButton($this->lang('SUBMIT'))->form();
+		$crawler = self::submit($form, array('group_name' => 'testtest'));
+
+		$this->assertContainsLang('GROUP_CREATED', $crawler->filter('#main')->text());
+	}
+}