diff --git a/tests/integration/replication.tcl b/tests/integration/replication.tcl
index 319462695..e23edad9d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/replication.tcl
+++ b/tests/integration/replication.tcl
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ start_server {tags {"repl network external:skip"}} {
             }
         }
 
+        test {Slave enters wait_bgsave} {
+            wait_for_condition 50 1000 {
+                [string match *state=wait_bgsave* [$master info replication]]
+            } else {
+                fail "Replica does not enter wait_bgsave state"
+            }
+        }
+
         # Use a short replication timeout on the slave, so that if there
         # are no bugs the timeout is triggered in a reasonable amount
         # of time.