diff --git a/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh b/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
index 1e37df1f31f891..eed75deddc856b 100755
--- a/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
+++ b/t/t5538-push-shallow.sh
@@ -137,4 +137,25 @@ test_expect_success 'push new commit from shallow clone to origin is efficient'
 	test_grep "Enumerating objects: 1, done." err
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'push new commit from shallow clone to origin is efficient' '
+	git init base &&
+	test_seq 1 999 >base/a &&
+	test_commit -C base initial &&
+	git -C base add a &&
+	git -C base commit -m "big a" &&
+
+	git clone --depth=1 "file://$(pwd)/base" deltas &&
+	git -C deltas checkout -b deltas &&
+	test_seq 1 1000 >deltas/a &&
+	git -C deltas commit -a -m "bigger a" &&
+	GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/trace.txt" \
+	GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY=0 git -C deltas push --progress origin deltas 2>err &&
+
+	test_grep "Enumerating objects: 5, done" err &&
+
+	# If the delta base is found, then this message uses "bytes".
+	# If the delta base is not found, then this message uses "KiB".
+	test_grep "Writing objects: .* bytes" err
+'
+
 test_done