t/spawn.t | 10 ++++++++++

diff --git a/t/spawn.t b/t/spawn.t
index d52b646562c45d38704869e2022cc129c931db17..9e58f675fe2a8fd140e7dd96982d1e639cbd674b 100644
--- a/t/spawn.t
+++ b/t/spawn.t
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ 	my $buf;
 	is(sysread($fh, $buf, 6), 6, 'sysread got 6 bytes');
 	is($buf, "hello\n", 'tied gets works');
 	is(sysread($fh, $buf, 6), 0, 'sysread got EOF');
+	$? = 1;
+	close $fh;
+	is($?, 0, '$? set properly');
+}
+
+{
+	my $fh = popen_rd([qw(false)]);
+	close $fh;
+	isnt($?, 0, '$? set properly: '.$?);
 }
 
 {
@@ -80,6 +89,7 @@ 	ok(!defined(sysread($fh, my $buf, 1)) && $!{EAGAIN},
 	   'sysread returned quickly with EAGAIN');
 	is(kill(15, $pid), 1, 'child process killed early');
 	is(waitpid($pid, 0), $pid, 'child process reapable');
+	isnt($?, 0, '$? set properly: '.$?);
 }
 
 done_testing();