diff --git a/testsuite/busybox.tests b/testsuite/busybox.tests
index ba422a40c..91dbc797e 100755
--- a/testsuite/busybox.tests
+++ b/testsuite/busybox.tests
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ HELPDUMP=`$COMMAND`
 ln -s `which "$COMMAND"` busybox-suffix
 ln -s `which "$COMMAND"` unknown
 
+testing "busybox --help busybox" "--help busybox" "$HELPDUMP\n\n" "" ""
+
 for i in busybox busybox-suffix
 do
 	# The gratuitous "\n"s are due to a shell idiosyncrasy: