diff --git a/storage/smiles/src/test/java/org/openscience/cdk/smiles/SmilesParserTest.java b/storage/smiles/src/test/java/org/openscience/cdk/smiles/SmilesParserTest.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/storage/smiles/src/test/java/org/openscience/cdk/smiles/SmilesParserTest.java
+++ b/storage/smiles/src/test/java/org/openscience/cdk/smiles/SmilesParserTest.java
@@ -2575,4 +2575,10 @@ public class SmilesParserTest extends CDKTestCase {
         return parser.parseSmiles(smi);
     }
 
+    public void testNoTitle() throws InvalidSmilesException {
+        SmilesParser parser = new SmilesParser(SilentChemObjectBuilder.getInstance());
+        IAtomContainer mol = parser.parseSmiles("CCC");
+        Assert.assertNull(mol.getProperty("cdk:Title"));
+    }
+
 }
Unit test to make sure parsing a SMILES does not set a null cdk:Title (as <I> does, as found in Bioclipse)