diff --git a/contrib/sitemap/test.php b/contrib/sitemap/test.php
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+<?php
+class XMLSitemapTest extends SCoreWebTestCase {
+	function testBasic() {
+		# this will implicitly check that there are no
+		# PHP-level error messages
+		$this->get_page('sitemap.xml');
+	}
+}
+?>