diff --git a/components/gitpod-db/src/team-db.spec.db.ts b/components/gitpod-db/src/team-db.spec.db.ts
index 5a5af331dd1a0f..a5cd421a87f63c 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-db/src/team-db.spec.db.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-db/src/team-db.spec.db.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,17 @@ class TeamDBSpec {
         const result = await this.db.findTeams(0, 10, "creationTime", "DESC", searchTerm);
         expect(result.rows.length).to.eq(1);
     }
+
+    @test(timeout(10000))
+    public async findTeamsBySlug() {
+        const user = await this.userDb.newUser();
+        await this.db.createTeam(user.id, "First Team");
+        await this.db.createTeam(user.id, "Second Team");
+
+        const searchTerm = "first-team";
+        const result = await this.db.findTeams(0, 10, "creationTime", "DESC", searchTerm);
+        expect(result.rows.length).to.eq(1);
+    }
 }
 
 module.exports = new TeamDBSpec();