diff --git a/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh b/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh
index 1471f3fd9e..ed7b9f64bf 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-26-SYSTEMCTL.sh
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ done
 systemctl is-active "*-journald.service"
 systemctl cat "*udevd*"
 systemctl cat "$UNIT_NAME"
+(! systemctl cat hopefully-nonexistent-unit.service)
+systemctl cat --force hopefully-nonexistent-unit.service
 systemctl help "$UNIT_NAME"
 systemctl service-watchdogs
 systemctl service-watchdogs "$(systemctl service-watchdogs)"