diff --git a/tests/sdk/java/autonaming_test.go b/tests/sdk/java/autonaming_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64d17e4b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sdk/java/autonaming_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/pulumi/providertest/pulumitest"
+	"github.com/pulumi/providertest/pulumitest/opttest"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// TestAutonaming ensures that custom resource autonaming configuration works as expected.
+func TestAutonaming(t *testing.T) {
+	test := pulumitest.NewPulumiTest(t, "testdata/autonaming", opttest.SkipInstall(), opttest.Env("PULUMI_EXPERIMENTAL", "1"))
+	t.Logf("into %s", test.Source())
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		test.Destroy(t)
+	})
+	test.Preview(t)
+	up := test.Up(t)
+	nsname, ok := up.Outputs["nsname"].Value.(string)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+	assert.Contains(t, nsname, "autonaming-ns-") // project + name + random suffix
+}
diff --git a/tests/sdk/java/testdata/autonaming/Pulumi.yaml b/tests/sdk/java/testdata/autonaming/Pulumi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8db724563c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sdk/java/testdata/autonaming/Pulumi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+name: autonaming
+runtime: yaml
+config:
+  pulumi:autonaming:
+    value:
+      pattern: ${project}-${name}-${alphanum(6)}
+outputs:
+  nsname: ${ns.metadata.name}
+resources:
+  ns:
+    type: kubernetes:core/v1:Namespace