t/nntpd.t | 2 ++

diff --git a/t/nntpd.t b/t/nntpd.t
index a3d974cfd2d92b6b6f1c995e9c720cc6287f0ce7..14db1a93019771426635cecc8fafedd9d2c7c920 100644
--- a/t/nntpd.t
+++ b/t/nntpd.t
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ 	ok($n->body('<testmessage@example.com>'),
 		'cross newsgroup BODY by Message-ID');
 	ok($n->head('<testmessage@example.com>'),
 		'cross newsgroup HEAD by Message-ID');
+	is($n->xpath('<testmessage@example.com>'), 'x.y.z/1', 'xpath hit');
+	is($n->xpath('<non-existent@example.com>'), undef, 'xpath miss');
 
 	# pipelined requests:
 	{