diff --git a/src/plugins/streamers/gds2/unit_tests/dbGDS2WriterTests.cc b/src/plugins/streamers/gds2/unit_tests/dbGDS2WriterTests.cc
index 89cb449c5..17f6c5c52 100644
--- a/src/plugins/streamers/gds2/unit_tests/dbGDS2WriterTests.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/streamers/gds2/unit_tests/dbGDS2WriterTests.cc
@@ -1927,10 +1927,10 @@ TEST(205_extended_props)
 {
   TempPropertiesRepository temp_pr;
 
-  db::GDS2WriterOptions gds2_opt;
-  gds2_opt.extended_features = false;
   db::SaveLayoutOptions options;
-  options.set_options (gds2_opt);
+  EXPECT_EQ (options.get_option_by_name ("extended_features").to_bool (), true);
+  options.set_option_by_name ("extended_features", false);
+  EXPECT_EQ (options.get_option_by_name ("extended_features").to_bool (), false);
 
   db::PropertiesSet ps1;
   ps1.insert (tl::Variant ("prop_name"), db::DBox (0, 0, 1.5, 2.5));