diff --git a/tests/ssl-opt.sh b/tests/ssl-opt.sh
index 331833d957..9e24d5b05a 100755
--- a/tests/ssl-opt.sh
+++ b/tests/ssl-opt.sh
@@ -747,6 +747,18 @@ run_test    "Default, DTLS" \
             -s "Protocol is DTLSv1.2" \
             -s "Ciphersuite is TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384"
 
+requires_config_enabled MBEDTLS_ZLIB_SUPPORT
+run_test    "Default (compression enabled)" \
+            "$P_SRV debug_level=3" \
+            "$P_CLI debug_level=3" \
+            0 \
+            -s "Allocating compression buffer" \
+            -c "Allocating compression buffer" \
+            -s "Record expansion is unknown (compression)" \
+            -c "Record expansion is unknown (compression)" \
+            -S "error" \
+            -C "error"
+
 # Test current time in ServerHello
 requires_config_enabled MBEDTLS_HAVE_TIME
 run_test    "Default, ServerHello contains gmt_unix_time" \