diff --git a/admin/tests/behat/behat_admin.php b/admin/tests/behat/behat_admin.php
index b2f9ae8fca2..987901491a3 100644
--- a/admin/tests/behat/behat_admin.php
+++ b/admin/tests/behat/behat_admin.php
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ class behat_admin extends behat_base {
             // Single element settings.
             try {
                 $fieldxpath = "//*[self::input | self::textarea | self::select][not(./@type = 'submit' or ./@type = 'image' or ./@type = 'hidden')]" .
-                    "[@id=//label[contains(normalize-space(.), $label)]/@for]";
+                    "[@id=//label[contains(normalize-space(.), $label)]/@for or " .
+                    "@id=//span[contains(normalize-space(.), $label)]/preceding-sibling::label[1]/@for]";
                 $fieldnode = $this->find('xpath', $fieldxpath, $exception);
 
                 $formfieldtypenode = $this->find('xpath', $fieldxpath . "/ancestor::div[@class='form-setting']" .
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ class behat_admin extends behat_base {
             } catch (ElementNotFoundException $e) {
 
                 // Multi element settings, interacting only the first one.
-                $fieldxpath = "//descendant::label[.= $label]/ancestor::div[contains(concat(' ', normalize-space(@class), ' '), ' form-item ')]" .
+                $fieldxpath = "//*[label[.= $label]|span[.= $label]]/ancestor::div[contains(concat(' ', normalize-space(@class), ' '), ' form-item ')]" .
                     "/descendant::div[@class='form-group']/descendant::*[self::input | self::textarea | self::select][not(./@type = 'submit' or ./@type = 'image' or ./@type = 'hidden')]";
                 $fieldnode = $this->find('xpath', $fieldxpath);
 
diff --git a/admin/tests/behat/set_admin_settings_value.feature b/admin/tests/behat/set_admin_settings_value.feature
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4edbb5c46e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/tests/behat/set_admin_settings_value.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+@core @core_admin
+Feature: Set admin settings value
+  In order to set admin settings value
+  As an admin
+  I need to set admin setting value and verify it is applied
+
+  Background:
+    Given the following "courses" exist:
+      | fullname | shortname | category |
+      | Course fullname | C_shortname | 0 |
+    And I log in as "admin"
+    And I should see "Course fullname"
+    And I should not see "C_shortname Course fullname"
+
+  Scenario: set admin value with full name
+    Given I set the following administration settings values:
+      | Display extended course names | 1 |
+    When I press "Save changes"
+    And I am on homepage
+    Then I should see "C_shortname Course fullname"
+
+  Scenario: set admin value with short name
+    Given I set the following administration settings values:
+      | courselistshortnames | 1 |
+    When I press "Save changes"
+    And I am on homepage
+    Then I should see "C_shortname Course fullname"
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