diff --git a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/CMakeLists.txt b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/CMakeLists.txt
index fa9cd2a8f7b1c703db21a5d7b59a054a4d617706..a47daabbec5f68f45f0c03d196988f152968b7d6 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ atlas_install_scripts( test/*.sh scripts/*py )
 
 atlas_add_test( ut_egammaARTJob_test
 	        SCRIPT test/ut_egammaARTJob_test.sh
-		PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 900
+		PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 1000
 )
diff --git a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/share/ut_egammaARTJob_test.ref b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/share/ut_egammaARTJob_test.ref
index 23b61a41da50609163924b8f23264cdb4d20c613..e01f5de53d333db87b5785e858da9f4779f3215b 100644
--- a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/share/ut_egammaARTJob_test.ref
+++ b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/share/ut_egammaARTJob_test.ref
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Reco tf success
 Merge success
+Plot maker success
diff --git a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/ut_egammaARTJob_test.sh b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/ut_egammaARTJob_test.sh
index c80d993585db714bf897adb249e7da6b3d222a08..7a8c85a8a4996a24fdc55eaa23d7953ef9e25af0 100755
--- a/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/ut_egammaARTJob_test.sh
+++ b/Reconstruction/egamma/egammaValidation/test/ut_egammaARTJob_test.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,12 @@ if AODMerge_tf.py --inputAODFile=Nightly_AOD_electron.pool.root --outputAOD_MRGF
 else
 	echo "Merge failure"
 fi
-	
+
+get_files -jo egamma_art_checker_joboptions.py >> /dev/null
+if athena -c "particleType='electron'" egamma_art_checker_joboptions.py >> /dev/null 2>&1; then
+	echo "Plot maker success"
+else
+	echo "Plot maker failure"
+fi
+
+