diff --git a/tests/fixtures/tail/foobar_bytes_single.expected b/tests/fixtures/tail/foobar_bytes_single.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eca784d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/tail/foobar_bytes_single.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+diez
+once
diff --git a/tests/tail.rs b/tests/tail.rs
index b83f8848e..08aba8a95 100644
--- a/tests/tail.rs
+++ b/tests/tail.rs
@@ -57,3 +57,10 @@ fn test_single_big_args() {
     assert_eq!(result.stdout, at.read(BIG_EXPECTED));
     cleanup_big_test_files(&at);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_bytes_single() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = testing(UTIL_NAME);
+    let result = ucmd.arg("-c").arg("10").arg(INPUT).run();
+    assert_eq!(result.stdout, at.read("foobar_bytes_single.expected"));
+}