diff --git a/test/user_test.exs b/test/user_test.exs
index 74accb7c8..419a576dc 100644
--- a/test/user_test.exs
+++ b/test/user_test.exs
@@ -767,4 +767,18 @@ test "finds a user whose name is nil" do
                |> Map.put(:search_distance, nil)
     end
   end
+
+  test "remote_or_auth_active?/1 works correctly" do
+    Pleroma.Config.put([:instance, :account_activation_required], true)
+
+    local_user = insert(:user, local: true, info: %{confirmation_pending: true})
+    confirmed_user = insert(:user, local: true, info: %{confirmation_pending: false})
+    remote_user = insert(:user, local: false)
+
+    refute User.remote_or_auth_active?(local_user)
+    assert User.remote_or_auth_active?(confirmed_user)
+    assert User.remote_or_auth_active?(remote_user)
+
+    Pleroma.Config.put([:instance, :account_activation_required], false)
+  end
 end