diff --git a/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim b/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
index 8b717b7..9bb21bc 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
@@ -3459,4 +3459,17 @@
   cunmap a
 endfunc
 
+func Test_rulerformat_position()
+  CheckScreendump
+
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('', #{rows: 2, cols: 20})
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":set ruler rulerformat=longish\<CR>")
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, ":set laststatus=0 winwidth=1\<CR>")
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "\<C-W>v\<C-W>|\<C-W>p")
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_rulerformat_position', {})
+
+  " clean up
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab