diff --git a/test/udev-test.pl b/test/udev-test.pl
index 6e031c4c2c..f2f77dd0e4 100644
--- a/test/udev-test.pl
+++ b/test/udev-test.pl
@@ -191,6 +191,15 @@ EOF
 		expected => "Major:8:minor:3:kernelnumber:3:bus:0:0:0:0" ,
 		conf     => <<EOF
 BUS="scsi", PLACE="0:0:0:0", NAME="Major:%M:minor:%m:kernelnumber:%n:bus:%b"
+EOF
+	},
+	{
+		desc     => "old style SYSFS_ attribute",
+		subsys   => "block",
+		devpath  => "block/sda",
+		expected => "good" ,
+		conf     => <<EOF
+BUS="scsi", SYSFS_vendor="IBM-ESXS", NAME="good"
 EOF
 	},
 	{