diff --git a/openstack_election/tests/test_utils.py b/openstack_election/tests/test_utils.py
index f0ed07d4..1d670336 100644
--- a/openstack_election/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/openstack_election/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -31,3 +31,8 @@ class TestGerritUtils(testtools.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(openstack_election.utils.candidate_files(review),
                          ['candidates/some/file'])
+
+    def test_name2dir(self):
+        name = "nova"
+        dirname = "Nova"
+        self.assertEqual(dirname, openstack_election.utils.name2dir(name))