diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/template/configmap_test.go b/internal/ingress/controller/template/configmap_test.go
index dad841694..cf7d73b99 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/template/configmap_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/template/configmap_test.go
@@ -263,6 +263,35 @@ func TestGlobalExternalAlwaysSetCookie(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestGlobalExternalDefaultEnable(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := map[string]struct {
+		defaultEnable string
+		result        bool
+	}{
+		"true": {
+			defaultEnable: "true",
+			result:        true,
+		},
+		"false": {
+			defaultEnable: "false",
+			result:        false,
+		},
+		"set empty": {
+			defaultEnable: "",
+		},
+		"error": {
+			defaultEnable: "error string",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for n, tc := range testCases {
+		cfg := ReadConfig(map[string]string{"global-auth-default-enable": tc.defaultEnable})
+		if cfg.GlobalAuthDefaultEnable != tc.result {
+			t.Errorf("Testing %v. Expected \"%v\" but \"%v\" was returned", n, tc.result, cfg.GlobalAuthDefaultEnable)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGlobalExternalAuthSigninRedirectParamParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
 		param  string