diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_management_archiver.py b/src/documents/tests/test_management_archiver.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..929165990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_management_archiver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import os
+import shutil
+from unittest import mock
+
+from django.core.management import call_command
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from documents.models import Document
+from documents.tests.utils import DirectoriesMixin
+
+sample_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "samples", "simple.pdf")
+
+class TestArchiver(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
+
+    def make_models(self):
+        self.d1 = Document.objects.create(checksum="A", title="A", content="first document", pk=1, mime_type="application/pdf")
+        #self.d2 = Document.objects.create(checksum="B", title="B", content="second document")
+        #self.d3 = Document.objects.create(checksum="C", title="C", content="unrelated document")
+
+    @mock.patch("documents.management.commands.document_archiver.handle_document")
+    def test_archiver(self, m):
+
+        shutil.copy(sample_file, os.path.join(self.dirs.originals_dir, "0000001.pdf"))
+        self.make_models()
+
+        call_command('document_archiver')
+
+        m.assert_called()
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/utils.py b/src/documents/tests/utils.py
index aec99ff34..ab16a6877 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/utils.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/utils.py
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ def setup_directories():
     dirs.index_dir = os.path.join(dirs.data_dir, "index")
     dirs.originals_dir = os.path.join(dirs.media_dir, "documents", "originals")
     dirs.thumbnail_dir = os.path.join(dirs.media_dir, "documents", "thumbnails")
+    dirs.archive_dir = os.path.join(dirs.media_dir, "documents", "archive")
 
     os.makedirs(dirs.index_dir, exist_ok=True)
     os.makedirs(dirs.originals_dir, exist_ok=True)
-    os.makedirs(dirs.thumbnail_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    os.makedirs(dirs.archive_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
     override_settings(
         DATA_DIR=dirs.data_dir,
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ def setup_directories():
         MEDIA_ROOT=dirs.media_dir,
         ORIGINALS_DIR=dirs.originals_dir,
         THUMBNAIL_DIR=dirs.thumbnail_dir,
+        ARCHIVE_DIR=dirs.archive_dir,
         CONSUMPTION_DIR=dirs.consumption_dir,
         INDEX_DIR=dirs.index_dir,
         MODEL_FILE=os.path.join(dirs.data_dir, "classification_model.pickle")