diff --git a/tests/golden/basic-posix-consistency b/tests/golden/basic-posix-consistency
index 87951532..2c5fb6ab 100644
--- a/tests/golden/basic-posix-consistency
+++ b/tests/golden/basic-posix-consistency
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ four
 --- can't overwrite non-empty dir
 mv: cannot move ‘/mnt/test/test/basic-posix-consistency/dir/c/clobber’ to ‘/mnt/test/test/basic-posix-consistency/dir/a/dir’: Directory not empty
 --- can overwrite empty dir
+--- can rename into root
 == path resoluion
 == inode indexes match after syncing existing
 == inode indexes match after copying and syncing
diff --git a/tests/tests/basic-posix-consistency.sh b/tests/tests/basic-posix-consistency.sh
index 5571405a..8b466054 100644
--- a/tests/tests/basic-posix-consistency.sh
+++ b/tests/tests/basic-posix-consistency.sh
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ find "$T_D0/dir" -ls 2>&1 | t_filter_fs > "$T_TMP.0"
 find "$T_D1/dir" -ls 2>&1 | t_filter_fs > "$T_TMP.1"
 diff -u "$T_TMP.0" "$T_TMP.1"
 rm -rf "$T_D0/dir"
+echo "--- can rename into root"
+touch "$T_D0/rename-into-root"
+mv "$T_D0/rename-into-root" "$T_M0/"
+rm -f "$T_M0/rename-into-root"
 
 echo "== path resoluion"
 touch "$T_D0/file"