diff --git a/test/gen/test_property_names.cpp b/test/gen/test_property_names.cpp
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+++ b/test/gen/test_property_names.cpp
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+#include "server/Test/common.hpp"
+#include "server/Test2/common.hpp"
+
+#include <print>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    // We can access the property name as a symbol.
+    // The property name is constexpr.
+
+    constexpr auto propName =
+        sdbusplus::common::server::Test::property_names::some_value;
+
+    // The property name can be used as part of error logs.
+
+    std::println("property {} not found \n", propName);
+
+    // If the property is removed from the interface definition, it will cause a
+    // build failure in applications still using that property. That can work
+    // even if the application is not (yet) using PDI-generated bindings for
+    // it's DBus interactions.
+
+    std::println("using property {} \n",
+                 sdbusplus::common::server::Test2::property_names::new_value);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(sdbusplus::common::server::Test2::property_names::new_value,
+              "NewValue");
+
+    return 0;
+}