diff --git a/django/website/rest_api/tests/counts_per_term_tests.py b/django/website/rest_api/tests/counts_per_term_tests.py
index ca556ce4a0628d696b426a7c969caddceb32ef46..8c674c909f24924bf345289344c83d3eb19ecbf8 100644
--- a/django/website/rest_api/tests/counts_per_term_tests.py
+++ b/django/website/rest_api/tests/counts_per_term_tests.py
@@ -75,3 +75,15 @@ def test_term_count_only_contains_terms_in_taxonomy(questions_category,
     assert updates['name'] in names
 
     assert monrovia['name'] not in names
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_term_count_contains_taxonomy_term_name(questions_category):
+    origin1 = create_item(body="What was the caused of ebola outbreak in liberia?").data
+    origins = add_term(taxonomy=questions_category['slug'], name="Test Origins").data
+    categorize_item(origin1, origins)
+
+    terms = get_term_count(questions_category).data
+    [name] = [term['name'] for term in terms]
+
+    assert origins['name'] == name