diff --git a/src/OpenColorIO/transforms/CDLTransform.cpp b/src/OpenColorIO/transforms/CDLTransform.cpp
index 94e1cce167..d5c1e37fe6 100755
--- a/src/OpenColorIO/transforms/CDLTransform.cpp
+++ b/src/OpenColorIO/transforms/CDLTransform.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void ClearCDLTransformFileCache()
 
 CDLTransformRcPtr CDLTransform::CreateFromFile(const char * src, const char * cccid_)
 {
-    if (!src || (strlen(src) == 0))
+    if (!src || !*src)
     {
         std::ostringstream os;
         os << "Error loading CDL xml. ";
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ CDLTransformRcPtr CDLTransform::CreateFromFile(const char * src, const char * cc
     AutoMutex lock(g_cacheMutex);
 
     // Use g_cacheSrcIsCC as a proxy for if we have loaded this source
-    // file already (in which case it must be in cache, or an error)
+    // file already (in which case it must be in cache, or an error).
 
     StringBoolMap::iterator srcIsCCiter = g_cacheSrcIsCC.find(src);
     if (srcIsCCiter != g_cacheSrcIsCC.end())
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ CDLTransformRcPtr CDLTransform::CreateFromFile(const char * src, const char * cc
         throw Exception (os.str().c_str());
     }
 
-    // Try to read all ccs from the file, into cache
+    // Try to read all ccs from the file, into cache.
     std::ifstream istream(src);
     if (istream.fail())
     {
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ CDLTransformRcPtr CDLTransform::CreateFromFile(const char * src, const char * cc
 
     if (parser.isCC())
     {
-        // Load a single ColorCorrection into the cache
+        // Load a single ColorCorrection into the cache.
         CDLTransformRcPtr cdl = CDLTransform::Create();
         parser.getCDLTransform(cdl);
 
@@ -276,10 +276,10 @@ CDLTransformRcPtr CDLTransform::CreateFromFile(const char * src, const char * cc
         g_cacheSrcIsCC[src] = true;
         g_cache[GetCDLLocalCacheKey(src, cccid)] = cdl;
     }
-    else if (parser.isCCC())
+    else
     {
-        // Load all CCs from the ColorCorrectionCollection
-        // into the cache
+        // Load all CCs from the ColorCorrectionCollection or from the ColorDecisionList
+        // into the cache.
         CDLTransformMap transformMap;
         CDLTransformVec transformVec;
         FormatMetadataImpl metadata;
diff --git a/tests/cpu/transforms/CDLTransform_tests.cpp b/tests/cpu/transforms/CDLTransform_tests.cpp
index f75b3968e1..17305c699a 100644
--- a/tests/cpu/transforms/CDLTransform_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/cpu/transforms/CDLTransform_tests.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "transforms/CDLTransform.cpp"
 
 #include "testutils/UnitTest.h"
+#include "UnitTestLogUtils.h"
 #include "UnitTestUtils.h"
 
 #include "Platform.h"
@@ -165,6 +166,24 @@ OCIO_ADD_TEST(CDLTransform, create_from_ccc_file)
     }
 }
 
+OCIO_ADD_TEST(CDLTransform, create_from_cdl_file)
+{
+    // As warning messages are expected, please mute them.
+    OCIO::MuteLogging mute;
+
+    // Note: Detailed test is already done, this unit test only validates that
+    // this CDL file (i.e. containing a ColorDecisionList) correctly loads
+    // using a CDLTransform.
+
+    const std::string filePath(std::string(OCIO::getTestFilesDir()) + "/cdl_test1.cdl");
+
+    OCIO::CDLTransformRcPtr transform;
+
+    OCIO_CHECK_NO_THROW(transform = OCIO::CDLTransform::CreateFromFile(filePath.c_str(), "cc0003"));
+    OCIO_CHECK_EQUAL(std::string("cc0003"), std::string(transform->getID()));
+    OCIO_CHECK_EQUAL(transform->getStyle(), OCIO::CDL_NO_CLAMP);
+}
+
 OCIO_ADD_TEST(CDLTransform, create_from_ccc_file_failure)
 {
     const std::string filePath(std::string(OCIO::getTestFilesDir()) + "/cdl_test1.ccc");