diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_statusline_mode_1.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_statusline_mode_1.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..476fb73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_statusline_mode_1.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+> +0&#ffffff0@49
+|~+0#4040ff13&| @48
+|~| @48
+|-+3#0000000&|n|-| @46
+| +0&&@49
diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_statusline_mode_2.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_statusline_mode_2.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4fe764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_statusline_mode_2.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+| +0&#ffffff0@49
+|~+0#4040ff13&| @48
+|~| @48
+|-+3#0000000&|c|-| @46
+|:+0&&> @48
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_statusline.vim b/src/testdir/test_statusline.vim
index f6c05f6..bbf7ddf 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_statusline.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_statusline.vim
@@ -448,6 +448,27 @@
   call delete('XTest_statusline')
 endfunc
 
+func Test_statusline_using_mode()
+  CheckScreendump
+
+  let lines =<< trim END
+    set laststatus=2
+    let &statusline = '-%{mode()}-'
+  END
+  call writefile(lines, 'XTest_statusline')
+
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S XTest_statusline', {'rows': 5, 'cols': 50})
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_statusline_mode_1', {})
+
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":")
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_statusline_mode_2', {})
+
+  " clean up
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "\<CR>")
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+  call delete('XTest_statusline')
+endfunc
+
 func Test_statusline_after_split_vsplit()
   only