diff --git a/modules/services/searching/pom.xml b/modules/services/searching/pom.xml
index 6b52e72d..cdd427f5 100644
--- a/modules/services/searching/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/services/searching/pom.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/modules/services/searching/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/searching/controller/XsltSearchController.java b/modules/services/searching/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/searching/controller/XsltSearchController.java
index 1c74326c..fe74b236 100644
--- a/modules/services/searching/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/searching/controller/XsltSearchController.java
+++ b/modules/services/searching/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/searching/controller/XsltSearchController.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
     description = "Proxy for ElasticSearch catalog search operations")
 @Controller
 public class XsltSearchController {
+
+  public
   @Autowired
   ElasticSearchProxy proxy;
 
diff --git a/modules/services/searching/src/test/java/org/fao/geonet/searching/MainSearchTest.java b/modules/services/searching/src/test/java/org/fao/geonet/searching/MainSearchTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d322f873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/services/searching/src/test/java/org/fao/geonet/searching/MainSearchTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * (c) 2020 Open Source Geospatial Foundation - all rights reserved This code is licensed under the
+ * GPL 2.0 license, available at the root application directory.
+ */
+
+package org.fao.geonet.searching;
+
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.post;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultHandlers.print;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
+
+import org.fao.geonet.common.search.ElasticSearchProxy;
+import org.fao.geonet.searching.controller.XsltSearchController;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.jdbc.AutoConfigureTestDatabase;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.AutoConfigureMockMvc;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
+@AutoConfigureMockMvc
+@AutoConfigureTestDatabase
+public class MainSearchTest {
+
+  @Autowired
+  private MockMvc mockMvc;
+
+  @Autowired
+  private XsltSearchController xsltSearchController;
+
+  @Test
+  public void nominal() throws Exception {
+    xsltSearchController.proxy = Mockito.mock(ElasticSearchProxy.class);
+    this.mockMvc.perform(post("/portal/api/search/records/xslt")).andDo(print()).andExpect(status().isOk());
+  }
+
+
+}