diff --git a/tests/functional/memberlist_test.php b/tests/functional/memberlist_test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..879bee2f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/memberlist_test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package testing
+* @copyright (c) 2012 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+* @group functional
+*/
+class phpbb_functional_memberlist_test extends phpbb_functional_test_case
+{
+	public function test_memberlist()
+	{
+		$this->create_user('memberlist-test-user');
+		// logs in as admin
+		$this->login();
+		$crawler = $this->request('GET', 'memberlist.php?sid=' . $this->sid);
+		$this->assert_response_success();
+		$this->assertContains('memberlist-test-user', $crawler->text());
+
+		// restrict by first character
+		$crawler = $this->request('GET', 'memberlist.php?first_char=m&sid=' . $this->sid);
+		$this->assert_response_success();
+		$this->assertContains('memberlist-test-user', $crawler->text());
+
+		// make sure results for wrong character are not returned
+		$crawler = $this->request('GET', 'memberlist.php?first_char=a&sid=' . $this->sid);
+		$this->assert_response_success();
+		$this->assertNotContains('memberlist-test-user', $crawler->text());
+	}
+
+	public function test_viewprofile()
+	{
+		$this->login();
+		// XXX hardcoded user id
+		$crawler = $this->request('GET', 'memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2&sid=' . $this->sid);
+		$this->assert_response_success();
+		$this->assertContains('admin', $crawler->filter('h2')->text());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
index 9097854bd4..b6f8e5c44c 100644
--- a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
+++ b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
@@ -251,16 +251,12 @@ class phpbb_functional_test_case extends phpbb_test_case
 		// Required by unique_id
 		global $config;
 
-		if (!is_array($config))
-		{
-			$config = array();
-		}
-
+		$config = new phpbb_config(array());
 		$config['rand_seed'] = '';
 		$config['rand_seed_last_update'] = time() + 600;
 
 		// Required by user_add
-		global $db, $cache, $config, $phpbb_dispatcher;
+		global $db, $cache, $phpbb_dispatcher;
 		$db = $this->get_db();
 		if (!function_exists('phpbb_mock_null_cache'))
 		{
@@ -276,7 +272,6 @@ class phpbb_functional_test_case extends phpbb_test_case
 		{
 			require_once(__DIR__ . '/../../phpBB/includes/functions_user.php');
 		}
-		$config = new phpbb_config(array());
 		set_config(null, null, null, $config);
 		set_config_count(null, null, null, $config);
 		$phpbb_dispatcher = new phpbb_mock_event_dispatcher();