diff --git a/tests/Settings/TestGlobalStack.py b/tests/Settings/TestGlobalStack.py
index 87651086be..a1242bc61d 100644
--- a/tests/Settings/TestGlobalStack.py
+++ b/tests/Settings/TestGlobalStack.py
@@ -100,4 +100,26 @@ def test_deserializeQuality(filename, quality_id, container_registry):
 
     stack.deserialize(serialized)
 
-    assert stack.quality.getId() == quality_id
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+    assert stack.quality.getId() == quality_id
+
+##  Tests whether the material profile is being read properly from a global
+#   stack.
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("filename,                   material_id", [
+                        ("Global.global.cfg",         "some_instance"),
+                        ("Global.stack.cfg",          "some_instance"),
+                        ("MachineLegacy.stack.cfg",   "some_instance"),
+                        ("OnlyDefinition.global.cfg", "empty"),
+                        ("OnlyMaterial.global.cfg",   "some_instance"),
+                        ("Complete.global.cfg",       "some_material")
+])
+def test_deserializeMaterial(filename, material_id, container_registry):
+    serialized = readStack(filename)
+    stack = cura.Settings.GlobalStack.GlobalStack("TestStack")
+
+    #Mock the loading of the instance containers.
+    stack.findContainer = findSomeContainers
+    UM.Settings.ContainerStack._containerRegistry = container_registry #Always has all the profiles you ask of.
+
+    stack.deserialize(serialized)
+
+    assert stack.material.getId() == material_id
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diff --git a/tests/Settings/stacks/OnlyDefinition.global.cfg b/tests/Settings/stacks/OnlyDefinition.global.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9534353ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Settings/stacks/OnlyDefinition.global.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[general]
+version = 3
+name = Only Definition
+id = OnlyDefinition
+
+[containers]
+6 = some_definition
diff --git a/tests/Settings/stacks/OnlyMaterial.global.cfg b/tests/Settings/stacks/OnlyMaterial.global.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..715651a9b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Settings/stacks/OnlyMaterial.global.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[general]
+version = 3
+name = Only Material
+id = OnlyMaterial
+
+[containers]
+3 = some_instance
+6 = some_definition