diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index aada33611c5..f9f9d6a9e6a 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ fi
 
 BASICTOOLS=(
     awk
+    base64
     basename
     bash
     busybox
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-04.sh b/test/units/testsuite-04.sh
index 7a17e086114..4f009b4c456 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-04.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-04.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 set -eux
 set -o pipefail
 
+# Limit the maximum journal size
+trap "journalctl --rotate --vacuum-size=16M" EXIT
+
+# Rotation/flush test, see https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/19895
+journalctl --relinquish-var
+for i in {0..50}; do
+    dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1M count=1 | base64 | systemd-cat
+done
+journalctl --rotate
+journalctl --flush
+journalctl --sync
+
+# Reset the ratelimit buckets for the subsequent tests below.
+systemctl restart systemd-journald
+
 # Test stdout stream
 
 # Skip empty lines