diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_hacking.py b/tempest/tests/test_hacking.py
index aba2aab..f005c21 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/test_hacking.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/test_hacking.py
@@ -167,3 +167,16 @@
         self.assertEqual(1, len(list(checks.dont_import_local_tempest_into_lib(
             "import tempest.exception",
             './tempest/lib/common/compute.py'))))
+
+    def test_dont_use_config_in_tempest_lib(self):
+        self.assertFalse(list(checks.dont_use_config_in_tempest_lib(
+            'from tempest import config', './tempest/common/compute.py')))
+        self.assertFalse(list(checks.dont_use_config_in_tempest_lib(
+            'from oslo_concurrency import lockutils',
+            './tempest/lib/auth.py')))
+        self.assertTrue(list(checks.dont_use_config_in_tempest_lib(
+            'from tempest import config', './tempest/lib/auth.py')))
+        self.assertTrue(list(checks.dont_use_config_in_tempest_lib(
+            'from oslo_config import cfg', './tempest/lib/decorators.py')))
+        self.assertTrue(list(checks.dont_use_config_in_tempest_lib(
+            'import tempest.config', './tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py')))