diff --git a/tests/functional/tests/rgw/test_rgw_tuning.py b/tests/functional/tests/rgw/test_rgw_tuning.py
index 4c172d939..ca1ca8a15 100644
--- a/tests/functional/tests/rgw/test_rgw_tuning.py
+++ b/tests/functional/tests/rgw/test_rgw_tuning.py
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 import pytest
+import json
 
 
 class TestRGWs(object):
 
+    @pytest.mark.no_docker
     def test_rgw_bucket_default_quota_is_set(self, node, File):
         assert File(node["conf_path"]).contains("rgw override bucket index max shards")
         assert File(node["conf_path"]).contains("rgw bucket default quota max objects")
 
+    @pytest.mark.no_docker
+    def test_rgw_bucket_default_quota_is_applied(self, node, Command):
+        radosgw_admin_cmd = "sudo radosgw-admin --cluster={} user create --uid=test --display-name Test".format(node["cluster_name"])
+        radosgw_admin_output = Command.check_output(radosgw_admin_cmd)
+        radosgw_admin_output_json = json.loads(radosgw_admin_output)
+        assert radosgw_admin_output_json["bucket_quota"]["enabled"] == True
+        assert radosgw_admin_output_json["bucket_quota"]["max_objects"] == 1638400
+
     @pytest.mark.no_docker
     def test_rgw_tuning_pools_are_set(self, node, Command):
         cmd = "sudo ceph --cluster={} --connect-timeout 5 osd dump".format(node["cluster_name"])