diff --git a/tests/test-serve b/tests/test-serve
--- a/tests/test-serve
+++ b/tests/test-serve
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@
 hg init test
 cd test
 
+echo '[web]' > .hg/hgrc
+echo 'accesslog = access.log' >> .hg/hgrc
+
 echo % Without -v
 hg serve -a localhost -p 20063 -d --pid-file=hg.pid
 cat hg.pid >> "$DAEMON_PIDS"
+if [ -f access.log ]; then
+    echo 'access log created - .hg/hgrc respected'
+fi
 
 echo % With -v
 hg serve -a localhost -p 20064 -d --pid-file=hg.pid -v