diff --git a/libmachine/validate_test.go b/libmachine/validate_test.go
index 05418bafd3..faee10030a 100644
--- a/libmachine/validate_test.go
+++ b/libmachine/validate_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
 package libmachine
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
+
+// Tests a function which "prefills" certificate information for a host
+// due to a schema migration from "flat" to a "nested" structure.
+func TestGetCertInfoFromHost(t *testing.T) {
+	os.Setenv("MACHINE_STORAGE_PATH", "/tmp/migration")
+	host := &Host{
+		CaCertPath:     "",
+		PrivateKeyPath: "",
+		ClientCertPath: "",
+		ClientKeyPath:  "",
+		ServerCertPath: "",
+		ServerKeyPath:  "",
+	}
+	expectedCertInfo := CertPathInfo{
+		CaCertPath:     "/tmp/migration/certs/ca.pem",
+		CaKeyPath:      "/tmp/migration/certs/ca-key.pem",
+		ClientCertPath: "/tmp/migration/certs/cert.pem",
+		ClientKeyPath:  "/tmp/migration/certs/key.pem",
+		ServerCertPath: "/tmp/migration/certs/server.pem",
+		ServerKeyPath:  "/tmp/migration/certs/server-key.pem",
+	}
+	certInfo := getCertInfoFromHost(host)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedCertInfo, certInfo) {
+		t.Log("\n\n\n", expectedCertInfo, "\n\n\n", certInfo)
+		t.Fatal("Expected these structs to be equal, they were different")
+	}
+}