diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/bootstrap/AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/bootstrap/AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest.java
index dba9209fc3..0d39d89847 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/bootstrap/AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/bootstrap/AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest.java
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest {
         bootstrap.setOption("child.receiveBufferSize", 9753);
         bootstrap.setOption("child.sendBufferSize", 8642);
 
+        bootstrap.getPipeline().addLast("dummy", new DummyHandler());
+
         Channel channel = bootstrap.bind();
         ParentChannelHandler pch =
             channel.getPipeline().get(ParentChannelHandler.class);
@@ -197,4 +199,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketServerBootstrapTest {
             result.append('1');
         }
     }
+
+    @ChannelPipelineCoverage("all")
+    private static class DummyHandler extends SimpleChannelHandler {
+        DummyHandler() {
+            super();
+        }
+    }
 }