diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/helper.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/helper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b4d5ebb90a62e6888a7e8b32acee8b5950615618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/tests/helper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * ownCloud
+ *
+ * @author Bjoern Schiessle
+ * @copyright 2014 2014 Bjoern Schiessle <schiessle@owncloud.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+require_once __DIR__ . '/base.php';
+
+class Test_Files_Sharing_Helper extends Test_Files_Sharing_Base {
+
+	/**
+	 * test set and get share folder
+	 */
+	function testSetGetShareFolder() {
+		$this->assertSame('/', \OCA\Files_Sharing\Helper::getShareFolder());
+
+		\OCA\Files_Sharing\Helper::setShareFolder('/Shared');
+
+		$this->assertSame('/Shared', \OCA\Files_Sharing\Helper::getShareFolder());
+
+		// cleanup
+		\OCP\Config::deleteSystemValue('share_folder');
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/share.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/share.php
index d3ca1816c75f7074da1bcf9d16ef31828990043c..31246c5df44f9ed3be8147ab5aec99305ceebfa5 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/tests/share.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/tests/share.php
@@ -125,6 +125,36 @@ class Test_Files_Sharing extends Test_Files_Sharing_Base {
 
 	}
 
+	function testShareWithDifferentShareFolder() {
+
+		$fileinfo = $this->view->getFileInfo($this->filename);
+		$folderinfo = $this->view->getFileInfo($this->folder);
+
+		$fileShare = \OCP\Share::shareItem('file', $fileinfo['fileid'], \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_USER,
+				self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2, 31);
+		$this->assertTrue($fileShare);
+
+		\OCA\Files_Sharing\Helper::setShareFolder('/Shared/subfolder');
+
+		$folderShare = \OCP\Share::shareItem('folder', $folderinfo['fileid'], \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_USER,
+				self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2, 31);
+		$this->assertTrue($folderShare);
+
+		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2);
+
+		$this->assertTrue(\OC\Files\Filesystem::file_exists($this->filename));
+		$this->assertTrue(\OC\Files\Filesystem::file_exists('/Shared/subfolder/' . $this->folder));
+
+		//cleanup
+		self::loginHelper(self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER1);
+		\OCP\Share::unshare('file', $fileinfo['fileid'], \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_USER,
+				self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2);
+		\OCP\Share::unshare('folder', $folderinfo['fileid'], \OCP\Share::SHARE_TYPE_USER,
+				self::TEST_FILES_SHARING_API_USER2);
+
+		\OCP\Config::deleteSystemValue('share_folder');
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * shared files should never have delete permissions
 	 * @dataProvider  DataProviderTestFileSharePermissions
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/tests/update.php b/apps/files_sharing/tests/update.php
index d3555cc2ee3e8d07c0cf34518afbb58076ca0167..be29c38acc398e7dfd73887bddbcb0c8f361b6d3 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/tests/update.php
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/tests/update.php
@@ -152,8 +152,13 @@ class Test_Files_Sharing_Update_Routine extends Test_Files_Sharing_Base {
 			}
 		}
 
+		$shareFolder = \OCP\Config::getSystemValue('share_folder', '/');
+
+		$this->assertSame('/Shared', $shareFolder);
+
 		// cleanup
 		$this->cleanupSharedTable();
+		\OCP\Config::deleteSystemValue('share_folder');
 
 	}