diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py b/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
index 89d3beb42..282d8ef01 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange.py
@@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ def test_validate_timeframes_failed(default_conf, mocker):
         Exchange(default_conf)
 
 
+def test_validate_timeframes_not_in_config(default_conf, mocker):
+    del default_conf["ticker_interval"]
+    api_mock = MagicMock()
+    id_mock = PropertyMock(return_value='test_exchange')
+    type(api_mock).id = id_mock
+    timeframes = PropertyMock(return_value={'1m': '1m',
+                                            '5m': '5m',
+                                            '15m': '15m',
+                                            '1h': '1h'})
+    type(api_mock).timeframes = timeframes
+
+    mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange._init_ccxt', MagicMock(return_value=api_mock))
+    mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.Exchange.validate_pairs', MagicMock())
+    Exchange(default_conf)
+
+
 def test_exchangehas(default_conf, mocker):
     exchange = get_patched_exchange(mocker, default_conf)
     assert not exchange.exchange_has('ASDFASDF')