diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 76ef9933..f65d673b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Added test case to show that the :scm_command is honored by the git SCM module [grempe]
+
 * Fail gracefully when double-colons are used to delimit namespaces [richie]
 
 * Add support for :git_enable_submodules variable, to enable submodules with the git SCM [halorgium]
diff --git a/test/deploy/scm/git_test.rb b/test/deploy/scm/git_test.rb
index efda9b56..84c3f2b9 100644
--- a/test/deploy/scm/git_test.rb
+++ b/test/deploy/scm/git_test.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ class DeploySCMGitTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     # With branch
     @config[:branch] = "origin/foo"
     assert_equal "cd #{dest} && git fetch origin && git merge origin/foo", @source.sync('Not used', dest)
+
+    # With :scm_command
+    @config[:scm_command] = "/opt/local/bin/git"
+    assert_equal "cd #{dest} && /opt/local/bin/git fetch origin && /opt/local/bin/git merge origin/foo", @source.sync('Not used', dest)
   end
 
   def test_shallow_clone