diff --git a/test/HttpTest.php b/test/HttpTest.php
index b74be359a..e19173d38 100644
--- a/test/HttpTest.php
+++ b/test/HttpTest.php
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@
  */
 class Zend_Uri_HttpTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    
+    public function setup()
+    {
+        Zend_Uri::setConfig(array('allow_unwise' => false));
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Tests for proper URI decomposition
      */
@@ -236,7 +242,7 @@ public function testExceptionUnwiseQueryString()
             'http://example.com/?q=^',
             'http://example.com/?q=`',
         );
-
+        
         foreach ($unwise as $uri) {
             $this->assertFalse(Zend_Uri::check($uri), "failed for URI $uri");
         }