diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/liquid_clustering/fixtures.py b/tests/functional/adapter/liquid_clustering/fixtures.py
index 951210ea6..6c7302227 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/liquid_clustering/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/liquid_clustering/fixtures.py
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@
 {{ config(materialized='incremental', liquid_clustered_by='id') }}
 select 1 as id, 'Joe' as name
 """
+
+auto_liquid_cluster_sql = """
+{{ config(materialized='incremental', auto_liquid_cluster=true) }}
+select 1 as id, 'Joe' as name
+"""
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/liquid_clustering/test_liquid_clustering.py b/tests/functional/adapter/liquid_clustering/test_liquid_clustering.py
index a9cc0ee09..45c7dfe2c 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/liquid_clustering/test_liquid_clustering.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/liquid_clustering/test_liquid_clustering.py
@@ -15,3 +15,16 @@ def models(self):
     def test_liquid_clustering(self, project):
         _, logs = util.run_dbt_and_capture(["--debug", "run"])
         assert "optimize" in logs
+
+
+class TestAutoLiquidClustering:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {
+            "liquid_clustering.sql": fixtures.liquid_cluster_sql,
+        }
+
+    @pytest.mark.skip_profile("databricks_uc_cluster", "databricks_cluster")
+    def test_liquid_clustering(self, project):
+        _, logs = util.run_dbt_and_capture(["--debug", "run"])
+        assert "optimize" in logs