diff --git a/Database/IOVDbSvc/CMakeLists.txt b/Database/IOVDbSvc/CMakeLists.txt
index 2db732d1d100a8ae9a63cae0931db254a6559449..a7ff2fcc70486ebaf3730db3acb342388cd7e0a0 100644
--- a/Database/IOVDbSvc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Database/IOVDbSvc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,3 +59,5 @@ atlas_add_test( IOVDbSvc_test
                 PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 300
                 EXTRA_PATTERNS "^HistogramPersis.* INFO|^IOVSvc +DEBUG|^IOVSvcTool +DEBUG" 
                 ENVIRONMENT "JOBOPTSEARCHPATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/share" )
+
+atlas_add_test( IOVDbSvcCfgTest SCRIPT python -m IOVDbSvc.IOVDbSvcConfig POST_EXEC_SCRIPT nopost.sh )
diff --git a/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py b/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
index 1882f05c1eb5963aac46e417986643c102365677..9c5aa70806c0ce29ba7c0a5c2aee137331e7773b 100644
--- a/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
+++ b/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
@@ -218,3 +218,17 @@ def _extractFolder(folderstr):
 
     
         
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from AthenaCommon.Configurable import Configurable
+    Configurable.configurableRun3Behavior=1
+    from AthenaConfiguration.AllConfigFlags import ConfigFlags
+
+    ConfigFlags.Input.Files =["/cvmfs/atlas-nightlies.cern.ch/repo/data/data-art/TrigP1Test/data17_13TeV.00327265.physics_EnhancedBias.merge.RAW._lb0100._SFO-1._0001.1"]
+    ConfigFlags.lock()
+
+    from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentAccumulator import ComponentAccumulator
+    acc, iovdbSvc = IOVDbSvcCfg(ConfigFlags)
+
+    f=open('test.pkl','w')
+    acc.store(f)
+    f.close()