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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef153f9
--- /dev/null
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c87ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_quickfix_cwindow_2.dump
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diff --git a/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim b/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
index f240398..e0ab2b3 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 source check.vim
 CheckFeature quickfix
 
+source screendump.vim
+
 set encoding=utf-8
 
 func s:setup_commands(cchar)
@@ -2428,6 +2430,30 @@
   set efm&vim
 endfunc
 
+func Test_cwindow_highlight()
+  CheckScreendump
+
+  let lines =<< trim END
+	set t_u7=
+	call setline(1, ['some', 'text', 'with', 'matches'])
+	write XCwindow
+	vimgrep e XCwindow
+	redraw
+	cwindow 4
+  END
+  call writefile(lines, 'XtestCwindow')
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S XtestCwindow', #{rows: 12})
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_quickfix_cwindow_1', {})
+
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":cnext\<CR>")
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_quickfix_cwindow_2', {})
+
+  " clean up
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+  call delete('XtestCwindow')
+  call delete('XCwindow')
+endfunc
+
 func XvimgrepTests(cchar)
   call s:setup_commands(a:cchar)