diff --git a/test/TEST-03-JOBS/test-jobs.sh b/test/TEST-03-JOBS/test-jobs.sh
index e66ea53621f..42190cf4780 100755
--- a/test/TEST-03-JOBS/test-jobs.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-03-JOBS/test-jobs.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ grep 'sleep\.service.*running' /root/list-jobs.txt
 grep 'hello\.service' /root/list-jobs.txt && exit 1
 systemctl stop sleep.service hello-after-sleep.target
 
+# Some basic testing that --show-transaction does something useful
+! systemctl is-active systemd-importd
+systemctl -T start systemd-importd
+systemctl is-active systemd-importd
+systemctl --show-transaction stop systemd-importd
+! systemctl is-active systemd-importd
+
 # Test for a crash when enqueuing a JOB_NOP when other job already exists
 systemctl start --no-block hello-after-sleep.target
 # hello.service should still be waiting, so these try-restarts will collapse