diff --git a/core/Controller/NavigationController.php b/core/Controller/NavigationController.php
index d5d8563b59..5850025f45 100644
--- a/core/Controller/NavigationController.php
+++ b/core/Controller/NavigationController.php
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ class NavigationController extends Controller {
 	/** @var INavigationManager */
 	private $navigationManager;
 
-	public function __construct(IRequest $request, INavigationManager $navigationManager) {
-		parent::__construct('core', $request);
+	public function __construct(string $appName, IRequest $request, INavigationManager $navigationManager) {
+		parent::__construct($appName, $request);
 		$this->navigationManager = $navigationManager;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/Core/Controller/NavigationControllerTest.php b/tests/Core/Controller/NavigationControllerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e9acccb61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Core/Controller/NavigationControllerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2018 Julius Härtl <jus@bitgrid.net>
+ *
+ * @author Julius Härtl <jus@bitgrid.net>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+namespace Tests\Core\Controller;
+
+use OC\Core\Controller\NavigationController;
+use OCP\AppFramework\Http\JSONResponse;
+use OCP\INavigationManager;
+use OCP\IRequest;
+use Test\TestCase;
+
+class NavigationControllerTest extends TestCase {
+
+	/** @var IRequest|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
+	private $request;
+
+	/** @var INavigationManager|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
+	private $navigationManager;
+
+	/** @var NavigationController */
+	private $controller;
+
+	public function setUp() {
+		parent::setUp();
+
+
+		$this->request = $this->createMock(IRequest::class);
+		$this->navigationManager = $this->createMock(INavigationManager::class);
+
+		$this->controller = new NavigationController(
+			'core',
+			$this->request,
+			$this->navigationManager
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function dataGetNavigation() {
+		return [
+			[false], [true]
+		];
+	}
+	/** @dataProvider dataGetNavigation */
+	public function testGetAppNavigation($absolute) {
+		$this->navigationManager->expects($this->once())
+			->method('getAll')
+			->with('link', $absolute);
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(JSONResponse::class, $this->controller->getAppsNavigation($absolute));
+	}
+
+	/** @dataProvider dataGetNavigation */
+	public function testGetSettingsNavigation($absolute) {
+		$this->navigationManager->expects($this->once())
+			->method('getAll')
+			->with('settings', $absolute);
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(JSONResponse::class, $this->controller->getSettingsNavigation($absolute));
+	}
+
+}