diff --git a/script/test/uuids.js b/script/test/uuids.js
index 6f5d223..0f141a9 100644
--- a/script/test/uuids.js
+++ b/script/test/uuids.js
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@
     }
   };
 
+  // test max_uuid_count
+  var xhr = CouchDB.request("GET", "/_uuids?count=1001");
+  TEquals(401, xhr.status, "should error when count > max_count");
+
   run_on_modified_server([{
       "section": "uuids",
       "key": "algorithm",