diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_access.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_access.py
index 8a6687ba2f..05199fd5e3 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_access.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_access.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import pytest
 import mock
+import os
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ParseError
+from rest_framework.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 
 from awx.main.access import (
     BaseAccess,
@@ -14,7 +16,14 @@ from awx.main.access import (
 )
 
 from awx.conf.license import LicenseForbids
-from awx.main.models import Credential, Inventory, Project, Role, Organization, Instance
+from awx.main.models import (
+    Credential,
+    Inventory,
+    Project,
+    Role,
+    Organization,
+    Instance,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -247,6 +256,41 @@ class TestWorkflowAccessMethods:
                 assert access.can_add({'organization': 1})
 
 
+class TestCheckLicense:
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def validate_enhancements_mocker(self, mocker):
+        os.environ['SKIP_LICENSE_FIXUP_FOR_TEST'] = '1'
+
+        def fn(available_instances=1, free_instances=0, host_exists=False):
+
+            class MockFilter:
+                def exists(self):
+                    return host_exists
+
+            mocker.patch('awx.main.tasks.TaskEnhancer.validate_enhancements', return_value={'free_instances': free_instances, 'available_instances': available_instances, 'date_warning': True})
+
+            mock_filter = MockFilter()
+            mocker.patch('awx.main.models.Host.objects.filter', return_value=mock_filter)
+
+        return fn
+
+    def test_check_license_add_host_duplicate(self, validate_enhancements_mocker, user_unit):
+        validate_enhancements_mocker(available_instances=1, free_instances=0, host_exists=True)
+
+        BaseAccess(None).check_license(add_host_name='blah', check_expiration=False)
+
+    def test_check_license_add_host_new_exceed_licence(self, validate_enhancements_mocker, user_unit, mocker):
+        validate_enhancements_mocker(available_instances=1, free_instances=0, host_exists=False)
+        exception = None
+
+        try:
+            BaseAccess(None).check_license(add_host_name='blah', check_expiration=False)
+        except PermissionDenied as e:
+            exception = e
+
+        assert "License count of 1 instances has been reached." == str(exception)
+
+
 def test_user_capabilities_method():
     """Unit test to verify that the user_capabilities method will defer
     to the appropriate sub-class methods of the access classes.