diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java
index e57fe1d717..2f640ffa32 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/query/change/AbstractQueryChangesTest.java
@@ -2115,6 +2115,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractQueryChangesTest extends GerritServerTests {
         .isEqualTo("Unknown named destination: foo");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void userQuery() throws Exception {
+    TestRepository<Repo> repo = createProject("repo");
+    insert(repo, newChange(repo));
+
+    assertThatQueryException("query:foo").hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("Unknown named query: foo");
+  }
+
   protected ChangeInserter newChange(TestRepository<Repo> repo) throws Exception {
     return newChange(repo, null, null, null, null);
   }