diff --git a/src/testdir/test_functions.vim b/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
index 5e4eacd..45b997f 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
@@ -500,6 +500,24 @@
   call assert_equal('.~f/bar', pathshorten('.~foo/bar'))
   call assert_equal('~/f/bar', pathshorten('~/foo/bar'))
   call assert_fails('call pathshorten([])', 'E730:')
+
+  " test pathshorten with optional variable to set preferred size of shortening
+  call assert_equal('', pathshorten('', 2))
+  call assert_equal('foo', pathshorten('foo', 2))
+  call assert_equal('/foo', pathshorten('/foo', 2))
+  call assert_equal('fo/', pathshorten('foo/', 2))
+  call assert_equal('fo/bar', pathshorten('foo/bar', 2))
+  call assert_equal('fo/ba/foobar', pathshorten('foo/bar/foobar', 2))
+  call assert_equal('/fo/ba/foobar', pathshorten('/foo/bar/foobar', 2))
+  call assert_equal('.fo/bar', pathshorten('.foo/bar', 2))
+  call assert_equal('~fo/bar', pathshorten('~foo/bar', 2))
+  call assert_equal('~.fo/bar', pathshorten('~.foo/bar', 2))
+  call assert_equal('.~fo/bar', pathshorten('.~foo/bar', 2))
+  call assert_equal('~/fo/bar', pathshorten('~/foo/bar', 2))
+  call assert_fails('call pathshorten([],2)', 'E730:')
+  call assert_notequal('~/fo/bar', pathshorten('~/foo/bar', 3))
+  call assert_equal('~/foo/bar', pathshorten('~/foo/bar', 3))
+  call assert_equal('~/f/bar', pathshorten('~/foo/bar', 0))
 endfunc
 
 func Test_strpart()