diff --git a/src/test/test-iovec-util.c b/src/test/test-iovec-util.c
index 217ee8cf5d..e091463a93 100644
--- a/src/test/test-iovec-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-iovec-util.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
 
 #include "iovec-util.h"
+#include "memory-util.h"
 #include "tests.h"
 
 TEST(iovec_memcmp) {
@@ -67,4 +68,11 @@ TEST(iovec_append) {
         assert_se(iovec_memcmp(&iov, &IOVEC_MAKE_STRING("waldoquuxp")) == 0);
 }
 
+TEST(iovec_make_byte) {
+        struct iovec x = IOVEC_MAKE_BYTE('x');
+
+        ASSERT_EQ(x.iov_len, 1U);
+        ASSERT_EQ(memcmp_nn(x.iov_base, x.iov_len, "x", 1), 0);
+}
+
 DEFINE_TEST_MAIN(LOG_INFO);