diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 053d26e17..faca8500d 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -799,6 +799,8 @@ void CppCheck::getErrorMessages()
     s.addEnabled("performance");
     s.addEnabled("information");
 
+    purgedConfigurationMessage("","");
+
     tooManyConfigs = true;
     tooManyConfigsError("",0U);
 
diff --git a/test/testcppcheck.cpp b/test/testcppcheck.cpp
index 0301d227c..cee8f5037 100644
--- a/test/testcppcheck.cpp
+++ b/test/testcppcheck.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,20 @@ private:
             }
         }
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", duplicate);
+
+        // Check for error ids from this class.
+        bool foundPurgedConfiguration = false;
+        bool foundTooManyConfigs = false;
+        for (std::list<std::string>::iterator it = errorLogger.id.begin();
+             it != errorLogger.id.end();
+             ++it) {
+            if (*it == "purgedConfiguration")
+                foundPurgedConfiguration = true;
+            else if (*it == "toomanyconfigs")
+                foundTooManyConfigs = true;
+        }
+        ASSERT(foundPurgedConfiguration);
+        ASSERT(foundTooManyConfigs);
     }
 };