diff --git a/src/qgcunittest/MavlinkLogTest.cc b/src/qgcunittest/MavlinkLogTest.cc
index 18cab63132ed3eb3feb185f979edfa853ab8f0d8..eac1c1512a61527309ba08a9bc512908833dc2e4 100644
--- a/src/qgcunittest/MavlinkLogTest.cc
+++ b/src/qgcunittest/MavlinkLogTest.cc
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void MavlinkLogTest::_bootLogDetectionSave_test(void)
 
 void MavlinkLogTest::_bootLogDetectionZeroLength_test(void)
 {
-    // Create a fake eempty mavlink log
+    // Create a fake empty mavlink log
     _createTempLogFile(true);
     
     // Zero length log files should not generate any additional UI pop-ups. It should just be deleted silently.
@@ -170,3 +170,13 @@ void MavlinkLogTest::_connectLog_test(void)
     QTest::qWait(1000); // Need to allow signals to move between threads to shutdown MainWindow
 }
 
+void MavlinkLogTest::_deleteTempLogFiles_test(void)
+{
+    // Verify that the MAVLinkProtocol::deleteTempLogFiles api works correctly
+    
+    _createTempLogFile(false);
+    MAVLinkProtocol::deleteTempLogFiles();
+    QDir tmpDir(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::TempLocation));
+    QStringList logFiles(tmpDir.entryList(QStringList(QString("*.%1").arg(_logFileExtension)), QDir::Files));
+    QCOMPARE(logFiles.count(), 0);
+}
diff --git a/src/qgcunittest/MavlinkLogTest.h b/src/qgcunittest/MavlinkLogTest.h
index b2a53a416404765c9ffef1de6afced2d6f3accf4..320c7ba324ff4bf9cad46458a794601cbffb3e59 100644
--- a/src/qgcunittest/MavlinkLogTest.h
+++ b/src/qgcunittest/MavlinkLogTest.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ private slots:
     void _bootLogDetectionSave_test(void);
     void _bootLogDetectionZeroLength_test(void);
     void _connectLog_test(void);
+    void _deleteTempLogFiles_test(void);
     
 private:
     void _createTempLogFile(bool zeroLength);