diff --git a/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/XMLTableTest.java b/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/XMLTableTest.java
index 25d129b1fd..ced763b904 100644
--- a/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/XMLTableTest.java
+++ b/pmd-plsql/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/plsql/ast/XMLTableTest.java
@@ -4,14 +4,30 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.ast;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.plsql.AbstractPLSQLParserTst;
 
+
 public class XMLTableTest extends AbstractPLSQLParserTst {
 
     @Test
     public void testParseXMLTable() {
-        plsql.parseResource("XMLTable.pls");
+        ASTInput node = plsql.parseResource("XMLTable.pls");
+
+        List<ASTFunctionCall> functions = node.findDescendantsOfType(ASTFunctionCall.class);
+        ASTFunctionCall xmlforest = functions.get(functions.size() - 1);
+        Assert.assertEquals("XMLFOREST", xmlforest.getImage());
+        Assert.assertEquals("e.employee_id", xmlforest.getChild(1).getImage());
+        Assert.assertEquals("foo", xmlforest.getChild(2).getImage());
+        Assert.assertTrue(xmlforest.getChild(2) instanceof ASTID);
+        Assert.assertEquals("e.last_name", xmlforest.getChild(3).getImage());
+        Assert.assertEquals("last_name", xmlforest.getChild(4).getImage());
+        Assert.assertTrue(xmlforest.getChild(4) instanceof ASTID);
+        Assert.assertEquals("e.salary", xmlforest.getChild(5).getImage());
+        Assert.assertEquals(6, xmlforest.getNumChildren());
     }
 }