diff --git a/aiida/manage/tests/__init__.py b/aiida/manage/tests/__init__.py
index c3a6822dc2..258773db31 100644
--- a/aiida/manage/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/aiida/manage/tests/__init__.py
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@
     'repo_dir': 'test_repo',
     'config_dir': '.aiida',
     'root_path': '',
+    'broker_protocol': 'amqp',
+    'broker_username': 'guest',
+    'broker_password': 'guest',
+    'broker_host': '127.0.0.1',
+    'broker_port': 5672,
+    'broker_virtual_host': ''
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/manage/tests/test_pytest_fixtures.py b/tests/manage/tests/test_pytest_fixtures.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f7cc5b61f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/manage/tests/test_pytest_fixtures.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Tests for the AiiDA pytest fixtures."""
+
+from aiida.manage.configuration import get_config
+from aiida.manage.configuration.config import Config
+
+
+def test_profile_config(aiida_profile):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+    """Check that the config file created with the test profile passes validation."""
+    Config.from_file(get_config().filepath)