diff --git a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
index b91b151417..616832407f 100755
--- a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
+++ b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
@@ -420,4 +420,36 @@ test_expect_success 'cvs update (merge no-op)' \
     GIT_CONFIG="$git_config" cvs -Q update &&
     diff -q merge ../merge'
 
+#------------
+# CVS STATUS
+#------------
+
+cd "$WORKDIR"
+test_expect_success 'cvs status' '
+    mkdir status.dir &&
+    echo Line > status.dir/status.file &&
+    echo Line > status.file &&
+    git add status.dir status.file &&
+    git commit -q -m "Status test" &&
+    git push gitcvs.git >/dev/null &&
+    cd cvswork &&
+    GIT_CONFIG="$git_config" cvs update &&
+    GIT_CONFIG="$git_config" cvs status | grep "^File: status.file" >../out &&
+    test $(wc -l <../out) = 2
+'
+
+cd "$WORKDIR"
+test_expect_success 'cvs status (nonrecursive)' '
+    cd cvswork &&
+    GIT_CONFIG="$git_config" cvs status -l | grep "^File: status.file" >../out &&
+    test $(wc -l <../out) = 1
+'
+
+cd "$WORKDIR"
+test_expect_success 'cvs status (no subdirs in header)' '
+    cd cvswork &&
+    GIT_CONFIG="$git_config" cvs status | grep ^File: >../out &&
+    ! grep / <../out
+'
+
 test_done