diff --git a/test/test_persistence.py b/test/test_persistence.py
index 4fb196b..ca76638 100644
--- a/test/test_persistence.py
+++ b/test/test_persistence.py
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@ class TableTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         assert len(list(cols)) == 4, 'column count mismatch'
         assert 'date' in cols and 'temperature' in cols and 'place' in cols
 
+    def test_drop_column(self):
+        self.tbl.drop_column('date')
+        assert 'date' not in self.tbl.columns
+
     def test_iter(self):
         c = 0
         for row in self.tbl: