diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/test/files.cmake b/Modules/DICOMReader/test/files.cmake
index 880c2b49fe..a9b2d5666c 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOMReader/test/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/test/files.cmake
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 set(MODULE_TESTS
   mitkDICOMReaderConfiguratorTest.cpp
+  mitkDICOMTagHelperTest.cpp
 )
 
 set(MODULE_CUSTOM_TESTS
   mitkDICOMFileReaderTest.cpp
   mitkDICOMITKSeriesGDCMReaderBasicsTest.cpp
 )
 
 set(CPP_FILES
   mitkDICOMNullFileReader.cpp
   mitkDICOMFilenameSorter.cpp
 )
diff --git a/Modules/DICOMReader/test/mitkDICOMTagHelperTest.cpp b/Modules/DICOMReader/test/mitkDICOMTagHelperTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e3ea517ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/DICOMReader/test/mitkDICOMTagHelperTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+
+#include "mitkDICOMTagHelper.h"
+#include <limits>
+
+class mitkDICOMTagHelperTestSuite : public mitk::TestFixture
+{
+    CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(mitkDICOMTagHelperTestSuite);
+    // Test the append method
+    MITK_TEST(GeneratPropertyNameForDICOMTag);
+    MITK_TEST(GetDefaultDICOMTagsOfInterest);
+
+    CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
+
+private:
+
+public:
+
+    void setUp() override
+    {
+    }
+
+    void tearDown() override
+    {
+    }
+
+    void GeneratPropertyNameForDICOMTag()
+    {
+        std::string result = mitk::GeneratPropertyNameForDICOMTag(mitk::DICOMTag(0x0018, 0x0080));
+        MITK_TEST_CONDITION_REQUIRED(result == "DICOM.0018.0080", "Testing GetTimeBounds lower part with m_emptyTimeGeometry");
+
+        result = mitk::GeneratPropertyNameForDICOMTag(mitk::DICOMTag(0x0008, 0x001a));
+        MITK_TEST_CONDITION_REQUIRED(result == "DICOM.0008.001a", "Testing GetTimeBounds lower part with m_emptyTimeGeometry");
+    }
+
+    void GetDefaultDICOMTagsOfInterest()
+    {
+    }
+
+};
+
+MITK_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(mitkDICOMTagHelper)