diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/impl/AllMetricsTest.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/impl/AllMetricsTest.java
index 7a94e62684..7cd13f21f6 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/impl/AllMetricsTest.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/impl/AllMetricsTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class AllMetricsTest extends SimpleAggregatorTst {
         addRule(RULESET, "LocTest");
         addRule(RULESET, "NPathTest");
         addRule(RULESET, "NopaTest");
+        addRule(RULESET, "NoamTest");
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/impl/NoamTestRule.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/impl/NoamTestRule.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eeec1f4851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/impl/NoamTestRule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.metrics.impl;
+
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.metrics.api.JavaClassMetricKey;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.metrics.api.JavaOperationMetricKey;
+
+/**
+ * @author Clément Fournier
+ * @since 6.0.0
+ */
+public class NoamTestRule extends AbstractMetricTestRule {
+
+    @Override
+    protected JavaClassMetricKey getClassKey() {
+        return JavaClassMetricKey.NOAM;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected JavaOperationMetricKey getOpKey() {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/impl/xml/NoamTest.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/impl/xml/NoamTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f4fd69709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/impl/xml/NoamTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<test-data>
+
+    <code-fragment id="full-example"><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+  private int value;
+  private double speed;
+  private MutableInt mutX;
+  private boolean bool;
+
+  public int getValue() {
+        return value;
+  }
+
+  public boolean isBool() {
+    return bool;
+  }
+
+  public int value() {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  protected int getValue() {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  boolean isBool() {
+    return bool;
+  }
+
+  private int value() {
+    return value;
+  }
+}
+     ]]></code-fragment>
+
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>Full example</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-messages>
+            <message>'.Foo' has value 3.</message>
+        </expected-messages>
+        <code-ref id="full-example"/>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>Test no fields</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-messages>
+            <message>'.Foo' has value 0.</message>
+        </expected-messages>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+        public class Foo {
+        }
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>NOPA doesn't support enums, interfaces or annotations</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+        public interface Foo {
+
+           public final int h;
+
+           enum Bar{
+             FOO;
+             public int bel = 0;
+           }
+
+           @interface Tag {
+              public static final int num = 0;
+           }
+        }
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+</test-data>
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/rulesets/java/metrics_test.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/rulesets/java/metrics_test.xml
index d19fd2555e..626610e451 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/rulesets/java/metrics_test.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/rulesets/java/metrics_test.xml
@@ -45,4 +45,10 @@
           metrics="true">
     </rule>
 
+    <rule name="NoamTest"
+          message = "''{0}'' has value {1}."
+          class="net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.metrics.impl.NoamTestRule"
+          metrics="true">
+    </rule>
+
 </ruleset>