diff --git a/tests/fatrace-comm b/tests/fatrace-comm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3180780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fatrace-comm
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -euC
+
+mkdir -m 777 tmp
+trap "rm -rf tmp" EXIT INT QUIT PIPE
+
+LOG="$AUTOPKGTEST_TMP/fatrace.log"
+echo "starting fatrace..."
+fatrace --current-mount --command touch -s 2 -o $LOG &
+sleep 1
+
+echo "create files with different programs"
+touch tmp/includeme
+dd if=/dev/zero of=tmp/notme bs=1 count=1
+
+echo "waiting for fatrace..."
+wait
+
+echo "checking log..."
+RC=0
+check_log() {
+    if ! grep -q "$1" $LOG; then
+        echo "$1 not found in log" >&2
+        ((RC=RC+1))
+    fi
+}
+
+check_log "^touch([0-9]*).*includeme$"
+
+if grep -Eq "notme|^dd" $LOG; then
+    echo "notme found in log" >&2
+    ((RC=RC+1))
+fi
+
+if [ $RC -ne 0 ]; then
+   echo "$RC checks failed -- log:" >&2
+   echo "===================" >&2
+   cat $LOG >&2
+   echo "===================" >&2
+fi
+
+exit $RC
diff --git a/tests/run b/tests/run
index f4af9d4..fccf761 100755
--- a/tests/run
+++ b/tests/run
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -eu
 MYDIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f "$0"))
 export PATH=$(pwd):$PATH
 
-for t in fatrace fatrace-currentmount fatrace-btrfs fatrace-user; do
+for t in fatrace fatrace-currentmount fatrace-btrfs fatrace-user fatrace-comm; do
     export AUTOPKGTEST_TMP=$(mktemp -d)
     echo "===== $t ===="
     "$MYDIR"/$t