diff --git a/basis/xml/tests/test.factor b/basis/xml/tests/test.factor
index 74ba931c79..e371c3aab5 100644
--- a/basis/xml/tests/test.factor
+++ b/basis/xml/tests/test.factor
@@ -73,3 +73,7 @@ SYMBOL: xml-file
[ T{ xml-chunk f V{ "hello" } } ] [ "hello" string>xml-chunk ] unit-test
[ "1.1" ] [ "" string>xml prolog>> version>> ] unit-test
[ "ß" ] [ "ß" read-xml children>string ] unit-test
+
+! tests
+! this tests just checks that pull-event doesn't raise an exception
+[ ] [ "vocab:xml/tests/test.xml" binary [ pull-event drop ] with-file-reader ] unit-test
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