diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/tests/test_commands.py b/mayan/apps/common/tests/test_commands.py
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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import os
+import uuid
+
+from django.core import management
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.encoding import force_text
+
+from ..utils import fs_cleanup
+from ..management.commands.literals import SETTING_FILE_TEMPLATE
+
+from .base import BaseTestCase
+
+
+class CommonCommandsTestCase(BaseTestCase):
+    def test_createsettings_command(self):
+        filename = force_text(uuid.uuid4())
+        with self.settings(COMMON_LOCAL_SETTINGS_FILENAME=filename):
+            management.call_command('createsettings', interactive=False)
+            file_path = os.path.join(
+                settings.BASE_DIR, 'settings', '{}.py'.format(filename)
+            )
+
+            with open(file_path) as file_object:
+                content = file_object.read()
+
+        fs_cleanup(filename=file_path)
+        # Compare without the string substitution and the final linefeeds
+        self.assertTrue(
+            SETTING_FILE_TEMPLATE.replace("{0}'", '')[0:-2] in content
+        )