diff --git a/test/T410-argument-parsing.sh b/test/T410-argument-parsing.sh
index fad134e3..4505c583 100755
--- a/test/T410-argument-parsing.sh
+++ b/test/T410-argument-parsing.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ test_description="argument parsing"
 . ./test-lib.sh || exit 1
 
 test_begin_subtest "sanity check"
-$TEST_DIRECTORY/arg-test  pos1  --keyword=one --string=foo pos2 --int=7 --flag=one --flag=three > OUTPUT
+$TEST_DIRECTORY/arg-test  pos1  --keyword=one --boolean --string=foo pos2 --int=7 --flag=one --flag=three > OUTPUT
 cat <<EOF > EXPECTED
+boolean 1
 keyword 1
 flags 5
 int 7
diff --git a/test/arg-test.c b/test/arg-test.c
index 10dc0683..9d13618b 100644
--- a/test/arg-test.c
+++ b/test/arg-test.c
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
     const char *pos_arg1=NULL;
     const char *pos_arg2=NULL;
     const char *string_val=NULL;
+    notmuch_bool_t bool_val = FALSE;
 
     notmuch_opt_desc_t options[] = {
+	{ .opt_bool = &bool_val, .name = "boolean" },
 	{ .opt_keyword = &kw_val, .name = "keyword", .keywords =
 	  (notmuch_keyword_t []){ { "one", 1 },
 				  { "two", 2 },
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
     if (opt_index < 0)
 	return 1;
 
+    if (bool_val)
+	printf("boolean %d\n", bool_val);
+
     if (kw_val)
 	printf("keyword %d\n", kw_val);