diff --git a/test/functional/tools/metadata_bed.xml b/test/functional/tools/metadata_bed.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e8b354fc2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/tools/metadata_bed.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<tool id="metadata_bed" name="BED metadata test" version="1.0.0">
+    <command>
+    <![CDATA[
+    echo "chromCol $input1.metadata.chromCol" > $out_file1 &&
+    echo "startCol $input1.metadata.startCol" >> $out_file1 &&
+    echo "endCol $input1.metadata.endCol" >> $out_file1 &&
+    echo "strandCol $input1.metadata.strandCol" >> $out_file1
+    ]]>
+    </command>
+    <inputs>
+        <param format="interval" name="input1" type="data" label="Choose intervals"/>
+    </inputs>
+    <outputs>
+        <data format="txt" name="out_file1"/>
+    </outputs>
+    <tests>
+        <test>
+            <param name="input1" value="1.bed" ftype="bed"/>
+            <output name="out_file1">
+                <assert_contents>
+                    <has_text text="strandCol 6"/>
+                </assert_contents>
+            </output>
+        </test>
+    </tests>
+    <help>
+    </help>
+</tool>
diff --git a/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml b/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml
index ae5ae08fa4c..607fad0f5ef 100644
--- a/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml
+++ b/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
   <tool file="metadata.xml" />
   <tool file="metadata_bam.xml" />
   <tool file="metadata_bcf.xml" />
+  <tool file="metadata_bed.xml" />
   <tool file="metadata_biom1.xml" />
   <tool file="metadata_column_names.xml" />
   <tool file="strict_shell.xml" />