diff --git a/tests/pexpects/job_summary.py b/tests/pexpects/job_summary.py
index fdd1de263..acf79df0a 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/job_summary.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/job_summary.py
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ expect_prompt()
 # cmd_line correctly prints only the actually backgrounded job.
 sendline("false; sleep 10 &; true")
 expect_prompt()
+sendline("jobs")
+expect_re("Job.*Group.*CPU.*State.*Command")
+expect_re("running.*sleep 10 &")
+expect_prompt()
 sendline("kill -TERM $last_pid")
 expect_re("[0-9]+:0:sleep 10 &:SIGTERM:Polite quit request", timeout=20)
 sendline("")