diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_arch.rs b/tests/by-util/test_arch.rs
index 672d223e0..2486f3d48 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_arch.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_arch.rs
@@ -21,3 +21,12 @@ fn test_arch_help() {
 fn test_invalid_arg() {
     new_ucmd!().arg("--definitely-invalid").fails_with_code(1);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_arch_output_is_not_empty() {
+    let result = new_ucmd!().succeeds();
+    assert!(
+        !result.stdout_str().trim().is_empty(),
+        "arch output was empty"
+    );
+}