diff --git a/tests/face/ethernet.cpp b/tests/face/ethernet.cpp
index 2e731bf..4859da2 100644
--- a/tests/face/ethernet.cpp
+++ b/tests/face/ethernet.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
     factory.createMulticastFace(interfaces[0], ethernet::getDefaultMulticastAddress());
 
   BOOST_REQUIRE(static_cast<bool>(face));
+
+  BOOST_CHECK(!face->isOnDemand());
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(face->isLocal(), false);
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(face->getUri().toString(),
                     "ether://" + interfaces[0] + "/" +
diff --git a/tests/face/tcp.cpp b/tests/face/tcp.cpp
index 38ee797..d908804 100644
--- a/tests/face/tcp.cpp
+++ b/tests/face/tcp.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@
   BOOST_REQUIRE(static_cast<bool>(m_face1));
   BOOST_REQUIRE(static_cast<bool>(m_face2));
 
+  BOOST_CHECK(m_face1->isOnDemand());
+  BOOST_CHECK(!m_face2->isOnDemand());
+
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(m_face2->getUri().toString(), "tcp4://127.0.0.1:20070");
   // face1 has an unknown URI, since the source port is automatically chosen by OS
 
diff --git a/tests/face/udp.cpp b/tests/face/udp.cpp
index d4983bf..ea9d1cc 100644
--- a/tests/face/udp.cpp
+++ b/tests/face/udp.cpp
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@
                       "UdpChannel error: cannot connect or cannot accept connection");
 
   m_face2->sendInterest(interest1);
+  BOOST_CHECK(!m_face2->isOnDemand());
 
   BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(m_limitedIo.run(2,//1 send + 1 listen return
                                       time::seconds(1)) == LimitedIo::EXCEED_OPS,
@@ -865,6 +866,7 @@
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(channel1->size(), 1);
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(channel2->size(), 1);
   BOOST_REQUIRE(static_cast<bool>(m_face1));
+  BOOST_CHECK(m_face1->isOnDemand());
   
   channel1->connect("127.0.0.1", "20071",
                     bind(&EndToEndFixture::channel1_onFaceCreatedNoCheck, this, _1),
@@ -873,6 +875,8 @@
   BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(m_limitedIo.run(1,//1 connect
                                       time::seconds(1)) == LimitedIo::EXCEED_OPS,
                       "UdpChannel error: cannot connect");
+
+  BOOST_CHECK(!m_face1->isOnDemand());
   
   //the connect should have set m_face1 as permanent face,
   //but it shouln't have created any additional faces