diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py
index d0b8261908..5e1c364abd 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tests/tests.py
@@ -350,6 +350,13 @@ class ContentStoreTest(TestCase):
     def test_edit_unit_full(self):
         self.check_edit_unit('full')
 
+    def test_about_overrides(self):
+        import_from_xml(modulestore(), 'common/test/data/', ['full'])
+        ms = modulestore('direct')
+        effort = ms.get_item(Location(['i4x','edX','full','about','effort', None]))
+        self.assertEqual(effort.definition['data'],'6 hours')
+
+
     def test_clone_course(self):
         import_from_xml(modulestore(), 'common/test/data/', ['full'])
 
diff --git a/common/test/data/full/about/6.002_Spring_2012/effort.html b/common/test/data/full/about/6.002_Spring_2012/effort.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ef8bf8ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/test/data/full/about/6.002_Spring_2012/effort.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6 hours
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diff --git a/common/test/data/full/about/effort.html b/common/test/data/full/about/effort.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c983fdcb5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/test/data/full/about/effort.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+12 hours
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