diff --git a/tests/app/platform_stats/test_rest.py b/tests/app/platform_stats/test_rest.py
index 601923062..91474171e 100644
--- a/tests/app/platform_stats/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/app/platform_stats/test_rest.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ from datetime import date, datetime
 
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 
+from app.models import SMS_TYPE, EMAIL_TYPE
+from tests.app.db import create_service, create_template, create_ft_notification_status, create_notification
+
 
 @freeze_time('2018-06-01')
 def test_get_platform_stats_uses_todays_date_if_no_start_or_end_date_is_provided(admin_request, mocker):
@@ -35,3 +38,37 @@ def test_get_platform_stats_validates_the_date(admin_request):
 
     assert response['errors'][0]['message'] == 'start_date time data {} does not match format %Y-%m-%d'.format(
         start_date)
+
+
+@freeze_time('2018-10-31 14:00')
+def test_get_platform_stats_with_real_query(admin_request, notify_db_session):
+    service_1 = create_service(service_name='service_1')
+    sms_template = create_template(service=service_1, template_type=SMS_TYPE)
+    email_template = create_template(service=service_1, template_type=EMAIL_TYPE)
+    create_ft_notification_status(date(2018, 10, 29), 'sms', service_1, count=10)
+    create_ft_notification_status(date(2018, 10, 29), 'email', service_1, count=3)
+
+    create_notification(sms_template, created_at=datetime(2018, 10, 31, 11, 0, 0), key_type='test')
+    create_notification(sms_template, created_at=datetime(2018, 10, 31, 12, 0, 0), status='delivered')
+    create_notification(email_template, created_at=datetime(2018, 10, 31, 13, 0, 0), status='delivered')
+
+    response = admin_request.get(
+        'platform_stats.get_platform_stats', start_date=date(2018, 10, 29),
+    )
+    assert response == {
+        'email': {
+            'failures': {
+                'virus-scan-failed': 0, 'temporary-failure': 0, 'permanent-failure': 0, 'technical-failure': 0},
+            'total': 4, 'test-key': 0
+        },
+        'letter': {
+            'failures': {
+                'virus-scan-failed': 0, 'temporary-failure': 0, 'permanent-failure': 0, 'technical-failure': 0},
+            'total': 0, 'test-key': 0
+        },
+        'sms': {
+            'failures': {
+                'virus-scan-failed': 0, 'temporary-failure': 0, 'permanent-failure': 0, 'technical-failure': 0},
+            'total': 11, 'test-key': 1
+        }
+    }