diff --git a/test/views/names_view.cpp b/test/views/names_view.cpp
index 8524070f5..fa9cff7a2 100644
--- a/test/views/names_view.cpp
+++ b/test/views/names_view.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ TEST_CASE( "create names view and test API", "[names_view]" )
 template<typename Ntk>
 void test_copy_names_view()
 {
+  Ntk ntk_empty;
+  names_view<Ntk> new_named_ntk_empty = ntk_empty;
+  CHECK( new_named_ntk_empty.get_network_name() == "" );
+
   Ntk ntk;
   auto const a = ntk.create_pi();
   auto const b = ntk.create_pi();