diff --git a/tests/test_tree.c b/tests/test_tree.c
index c0c693b..3f3cf9e 100644
--- a/tests/test_tree.c
+++ b/tests/test_tree.c
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ START_TEST (test_compile)
 
     m = rnode_match( n , "/foo/xxx", strlen("/foo/xxx") );
     fail_if( NULL == m );
+
+    m = rnode_match( n , "/not_found", strlen("/not_found") );
+    fail_if( NULL == m ); // should be the node of "/"
 }
 END_TEST