diff --git a/src/tests/test-core.c b/src/tests/test-core.c
index b90a8fac69..d1bf28743e 100644
--- a/src/tests/test-core.c
+++ b/src/tests/test-core.c
@@ -2117,6 +2117,39 @@ test_nm_utils_dhcp_client_id_systemd_node_specific (gconstpointer test_data)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
+static void
+_kernel_cmdline_match (gboolean expected_match,
+                       const char *const*proc_cmdline,
+                       const char *const*patterns)
+{
+	gs_free_error GError *error = NULL;
+	GError **p_error = nmtst_get_rand_bool () ? &error : NULL;
+	gboolean match;
+
+	nm_assert (proc_cmdline);
+	nm_assert (patterns);
+
+	match = nm_utils_kernel_cmdline_match_check (proc_cmdline, patterns, NM_PTRARRAY_LEN (patterns), p_error);
+	if (expected_match)
+		nmtst_assert_success (match, error);
+	else {
+		g_assert (!p_error || error);
+		g_assert (!match);
+	}
+}
+
+static void
+test_kernel_cmdline_match_check (void)
+{
+	_kernel_cmdline_match (TRUE, NM_MAKE_STRV (""), NM_MAKE_STRV (""));
+	_kernel_cmdline_match (FALSE, NM_MAKE_STRV (""), NM_MAKE_STRV ("a"));
+	_kernel_cmdline_match (TRUE, NM_MAKE_STRV ("a"), NM_MAKE_STRV ("a"));
+	_kernel_cmdline_match (TRUE, NM_MAKE_STRV ("a=b"), NM_MAKE_STRV ("a"));
+	_kernel_cmdline_match (TRUE, NM_MAKE_STRV ("a=b", "b"), NM_MAKE_STRV ("a", "b"));
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
 static void
 test_connectivity_state_cmp (void)
 {
@@ -2229,6 +2262,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	g_test_add_data_func ("/general/nm_utils_dhcp_client_id_systemd_node_specific/1", GINT_TO_POINTER (1), test_nm_utils_dhcp_client_id_systemd_node_specific);
 
 	g_test_add_func ("/core/general/test_connectivity_state_cmp", test_connectivity_state_cmp);
+	g_test_add_func ("/core/general/test_kernel_cmdline_match_check", test_kernel_cmdline_match_check);
 
 	return g_test_run ();
 }