diff --git a/Event/EventContainers/CMakeLists.txt b/Event/EventContainers/CMakeLists.txt
index c65a935b9a0890f2d58a3d8f3a7ef5bca1786840..a78bf3a7d82bbadd6dda1d024159c9ea2ce25e62 100644
--- a/Event/EventContainers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Event/EventContainers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ atlas_add_test( IDStressTest SOURCES test/IDC_Realistic_Test.cxx
                 LINK_LIBRARIES Identifier AthenaKernel GaudiKernel EventContainers
                 EXTRA_PATTERNS "elapsed|^no lock time|^deleted|^countHit|^lock time"
               )
+atlas_add_test( IDCValueTest SOURCES test/IDCValueTest.cxx
+                INCLUDE_DIRS src test EventContainers
+                LINK_LIBRARIES Identifier AthenaKernel GaudiKernel EventContainers
+                EXTRA_PATTERNS ""
+              )
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diff --git a/Event/EventContainers/share/IDCValueTest.ref b/Event/EventContainers/share/IDCValueTest.ref
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a2c5e2c1a5a6ea943180b9523fa1816f9169236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Event/EventContainers/share/IDCValueTest.ref
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Threw exception correctly
+Completed - no errors
diff --git a/Event/EventContainers/test/IDCValueTest.cxx b/Event/EventContainers/test/IDCValueTest.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c7b908d8f0c1df946cedfa873d1cabcb3c95e847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Event/EventContainers/test/IDCValueTest.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+#include "EventContainers/IdentifiableValueContainer.h"
+
+#include  <cstdlib>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <limits>
+
+typedef IdentifiableValueCache<int, std::numeric_limits<int>::min()> int100cache;
+typedef IdentifiableValueContainer<int, std::numeric_limits<int>::min()> int100container;
+
+int main(){
+   auto *cache = new int100cache(100);
+   auto *container = new int100container(cache);
+   auto *container2 = new int100container(cache);
+   static_assert(cache->emptyValue() == std::numeric_limits<int>::min());
+   if(container->maxSize()!= 100) std::abort();
+   if(!container->setOrDrop(50, 29)) std::abort();
+   if(!container->setOrDrop(51, -29)) std::abort();
+   if(!container->setOrDrop(52, -9)) std::abort();
+   if(container->setOrDrop(52, 10) == true) std::abort(); //check if repeated setting passes
+   if(container->retrieve(52) != -9) std::abort();
+
+   if(container->present(50)==false || container->present(51)==false || container->present(52)==false) std::abort();
+   if(container2->tryAddFromCache(50) == false) std::abort();
+   if(container2->getAll().size()!= 1) std::abort();
+   if(container->getAll().size()!= 3) std::abort();
+   if(container2->retrieve(50) != 29) std::abort();
+   if(container2->present(51) == true) std::abort();
+   if(container2->retrieve(51) != container2->emptyValue()) std::abort();
+   bool except =false;
+   try{
+         container->setOrDrop(150, -29);
+   }catch(const std::out_of_range& ex)
+   {
+      except = true;
+      std::cout << "Threw exception correctly" << std::endl;
+   }
+   if(except == false) std::abort();
+   delete container2;
+   delete container;
+   delete cache;
+   std::cout << "Completed - no errors" << std::endl;
+   return 0;
+}
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