diff --git a/test/units/TEST-54-CREDS.sh b/test/units/TEST-54-CREDS.sh
index 9e2cee22ce1..ae16e5b3dfb 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-54-CREDS.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-54-CREDS.sh
@@ -554,6 +554,9 @@ run0 -u testuser --pipe mkdir -p /home/testuser/.config/credstore.encrypted
 run0 -u testuser --pipe systemd-creds encrypt --user --name=brummbaer - /home/testuser/.config/credstore.encrypted/brummbaer < /tmp/brummbaer.data
 run0 -u testuser --pipe systemd-run --user --pipe -p ImportCredential=brummbaer systemd-creds cat brummbaer | cmp /tmp/brummbaer.data
 
+# https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40108
+run0 -u testuser --pipe systemd-run --user --wait -p ImportCredential=brummbaer -p ExecStartPre='ls -l $CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY' bash -c 'systemd-creds cat brummbaer | cmp /tmp/brummbaer.data'
+
 # https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/39651
 TESTUSER_CRED_DIR="/run/user/$(id -u testuser)/credentials"