diff --git a/unittests/test_converters.py b/unittests/test_converters.py
index ccba2220c968ff3ee9f044fb9c4674a0af199c99..15be9f7c7e9f9e219f594f6818d396eeb52f81f1 100644
--- a/unittests/test_converters.py
+++ b/unittests/test_converters.py
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ def test_abstract_dict_element_converter():
     definition = yaml.safe_load("""
 match_name: text
 match_value: .*begin(?P<text>.*)end
+accept_text: True
     """)
     converter = _AbstractDictElementConverter(
         definition, "test_converter",