diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index f709ae1e425a2b260447397a0db358111fbec27d..bb4625a2947d7cfbc41ab2655692359ebb0d5e43 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ def test_no_books_path():
     config = config_mod.Config()
     assert config.books_path() is None
 
+def test_books_path_expands_user():
+    config = config_mod.Config()
+    config.load_string('[Beancount]\nbooks dir = ~/userbooks\n')
+    assert config.books_path() == (Path.home() / 'userbooks')
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('value,month,day', [
     ('2', 2, 1),
     ('3 ', 3, 1),