diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
index a9d9b272b..dbf7264e8 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
@@ -228,3 +228,37 @@ fn test_untagged_algorithm_stdin() {
             .stdout_is_fixture(format!("untagged/{algo}_stdin.expected"));
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_length_with_wrong_algorithm() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .arg("--length=16")
+        .arg("--algorithm=md5")
+        .arg("lorem_ipsum.txt")
+        .fails()
+        .no_stdout()
+        .stderr_contains("cksum: --length is only supported with --algorithm=blake2b")
+        .code_is(1);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_length_not_supported() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .arg("--length=15")
+        .arg("lorem_ipsum.txt")
+        .fails()
+        .no_stdout()
+        .stderr_is_fixture("unsupported_length.expected")
+        .code_is(1);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_length() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .arg("--length=16")
+        .arg("--algorithm=blake2b")
+        .arg("lorem_ipsum.txt")
+        .arg("alice_in_wonderland.txt")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is_fixture("supported_length.expected");
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/cksum/supported_length.expected b/tests/fixtures/cksum/supported_length.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2edb23e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/cksum/supported_length.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+BLAKE2b-16 (lorem_ipsum.txt) = 7e2f
+BLAKE2b-16 (alice_in_wonderland.txt) = a546
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/cksum/unsupported_length.expected b/tests/fixtures/cksum/unsupported_length.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2a05fec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/cksum/unsupported_length.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cksum: invalid length: ‘15’
+cksum: length is not a multiple of 8