diff --git a/tests/vty/ok_deprecated_logging.cfg b/tests/vty/ok_deprecated_logging.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2699719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vty/ok_deprecated_logging.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+log stderr
+ logging filter all 1
+ logging level depr debug
diff --git a/tests/vty/vty_test.c b/tests/vty/vty_test.c
index 0d68a6c..1139638 100644
--- a/tests/vty/vty_test.c
+++ b/tests/vty/vty_test.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <osmocom/core/application.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/talloc.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/logging_internal.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/logging.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/stats.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
@@ -442,6 +443,8 @@
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &cfg_ret_warning_cmd);
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &cfg_ret_success_cmd);
 
+	logging_vty_add_deprecated_subsys(tall_log_ctx, "depr");
+
 	install_element(CONFIG_NODE, &cfg_level1_cmd);
 	install_node(&level1_node, NULL);
 	install_element(LEVEL1_NODE, &cfg_level1_child_cmd);
@@ -544,6 +547,7 @@
 	test_exit_by_indent("ok_indented_root.cfg", 0);
 	test_exit_by_indent("ok_empty_parent.cfg", 0);
 	test_exit_by_indent("fail_cmd_ret_warning.cfg", -EINVAL);
+	test_exit_by_indent("ok_deprecated_logging.cfg", 0);
 
 	test_is_cmd_ambiguous();
 
diff --git a/tests/vty/vty_test.ok b/tests/vty/vty_test.ok
index 0b5ac9c..d2c9611 100644
--- a/tests/vty/vty_test.ok
+++ b/tests/vty/vty_test.ok
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@
 Called: 'return-success'
 Called: 'return-warning'
 got rc=-22
+reading file ok_deprecated_logging.cfg, expecting rc=0
+got rc=0
 Going to test is_cmd_ambiguous()
 Going to execute 'ambiguous_nr'
 Called: 'ambiguous_nr [<0-23>]' (argc=0)