diff --git a/glymur/test/test_config.py b/glymur/test/test_config.py
index ac24b89..feb3235 100644
--- a/glymur/test/test_config.py
+++ b/glymur/test/test_config.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ OPENJP2 may be present in some form or other.
 # unittest.mock only in Python 3.3 (python2.7/pylint import issue)
 # pylint:  disable=E0611,F0401
 
+import contextlib  
 import ctypes
 import imp
 import os
@@ -42,6 +43,26 @@ def openjpeg_not_found_by_ctypes():
             return False
 
 
+@contextlib.contextmanager  
+def chdir(dirname=None):  
+    """
+    This context manager restores the value of the current working directory
+    (cwd) after the enclosed code block completes or raises an exception.  If a
+    directory name is supplied to the context manager then the cwd is changed
+    prior to running the code block.  
+
+    Shamelessly lifted from
+    http://www.astropython.org/snippet/2009/10/chdir-context-manager
+    """
+    curdir = os.getcwd()  
+    try:  
+        if dirname is not None:  
+            os.chdir(dirname)  
+        yield  
+    finally:  
+        os.chdir(curdir)  
+
+
 @unittest.skipIf(sys.hexversion < 0x03020000,
                  "TemporaryDirectory introduced in 3.2.")
 @unittest.skipIf(glymur.lib.openjp2.OPENJP2 is None,
@@ -142,3 +163,19 @@ class TestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
                 # configuration file being empty.
                 imp.reload(glymur.lib.openjpeg)
                 self.assertIsNotNone(glymur.lib.openjp2.OPENJPEG)
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(os.name == "nt", WINDOWS_TMP_FILE_MSG)
+    def test_config_file_in_current_directory(self):
+        """A configuration file in the current directory should be honored."""
+        libloc = glymur.lib.openjp2.OPENJP2._name
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tdir1:
+            fname = os.path.join(tdir1, 'glymurrc')
+            with open(fname, 'w') as fptr:
+                fptr.write('[library]\n')
+                fptr.write('openjp2: {0}\n'.format(libloc))
+                fptr.flush()
+                with chdir(tdir1):
+                    # Should be able to load openjp2 as before.
+                    imp.reload(glymur.lib.openjp2)
+                    self.assertEqual(glymur.lib.openjp2.OPENJP2._name, libloc)
+