diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/console.py b/lib/ansible/cli/console.py
index 67d0186fed2..5f73548eb02 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/console.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/console.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class ConsoleCLI(CLI, cmd.Cmd):
 
         self.parser.set_defaults(cwd='*')
 
-        super(AdHocCLI, self).parse()
+        super(ConsoleCLI, self).parse()
 
         display.verbosity = self.options.verbosity
         self.validate_conflicts(runas_opts=True, vault_opts=True, fork_opts=True)
diff --git a/test/units/cli/test_console.py b/test/units/cli/test_console.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7daf477093f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/cli/test_console.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# (c) 2016, Thilo Uttendorfer <tlo@sengaya.de>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
+
+from ansible.cli.console import ConsoleCLI
+
+
+class TestConsoleCLI(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_parse(self):
+        cli = ConsoleCLI([])
+        cli.parse()
+        self.assertTrue(cli.parser is not None)
+