diff --git a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version.sh b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b227ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+. $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/common.sh
+
+DIR1531=${CURR_DIR}/issue1531-min-dub-version
+
+rm -rf $DIR1531/.dub/
+rm -rf $DIR1531/test-application*
+
+sed -i 's/^minDubVersion ".*"$/minDubVersion "1.0"/' ${DIR1531}/dub.sdl
+${DUB} run --root ${DIR1531} || die "Did not pass minDubVersion \"1.0\""
+
+sed -i 's/^minDubVersion ".*"$/minDubVersion "99.0"/' $DIR1531/dub.sdl
+! ${DUB} run --root ${DIR1531} || die "Did pass minDubVersion \"99.0\"!"
+
+sed -i 's/^minDubVersion ".*"$/minDubVersion "1.0"/' $DIR1531/dub.sdl
+rm -rf $DIR1531/.dub/
+rm -rf $DIR1531/test-application*
diff --git a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_build b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/.no_build
diff --git a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/dub.json b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/dub.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5de73aa..0000000
--- a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/dub.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "test-application",
-    "minDubVersion": "1.0"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/dub.sdl b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/dub.sdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e497dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1531-min-dub-version/dub.sdl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+name "test-application"
+minDubVersion "1.0"