diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
index 48bc3575f27..9d11bea90fa 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -516,6 +516,19 @@ func TestValidatePersistentVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}),
 		},
+		"good-volume-with-retain-policy": {
+			isExpectedFailure: false,
+			volume: testVolume("foo", "", api.PersistentVolumeSpec{
+				Capacity: api.ResourceList{
+					api.ResourceName(api.ResourceStorage): resource.MustParse("10G"),
+				},
+				AccessModes: []api.PersistentVolumeAccessMode{api.ReadWriteOnce},
+				PersistentVolumeSource: api.PersistentVolumeSource{
+					HostPath: &api.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "/foo"},
+				},
+				PersistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: api.PersistentVolumeReclaimRetain,
+			}),
+		},
 		"invalid-accessmode": {
 			isExpectedFailure: true,
 			volume: testVolume("foo", "", api.PersistentVolumeSpec{
@@ -528,6 +541,19 @@ func TestValidatePersistentVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}),
 		},
+		"invalid-reclaimpolicy": {
+			isExpectedFailure: true,
+			volume: testVolume("foo", "", api.PersistentVolumeSpec{
+				Capacity: api.ResourceList{
+					api.ResourceName(api.ResourceStorage): resource.MustParse("10G"),
+				},
+				AccessModes: []api.PersistentVolumeAccessMode{api.ReadWriteOnce},
+				PersistentVolumeSource: api.PersistentVolumeSource{
+					HostPath: &api.HostPathVolumeSource{Path: "/foo"},
+				},
+				PersistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: "fakeReclaimPolicy",
+			}),
+		},
 		"unexpected-namespace": {
 			isExpectedFailure: true,
 			volume: testVolume("foo", "unexpected-namespace", api.PersistentVolumeSpec{