diff --git a/test/TEST-08-ISSUE-2730/Makefile b/test/TEST-08-ISSUE-2730/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e89a29eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TEST-08-ISSUE-2730/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+all:
+	@make -s --no-print-directory -C ../.. all
+	@basedir=../.. TEST_BASE_DIR=../ ./test.sh --all
+setup:
+	@make --no-print-directory -C ../.. all
+	@basedir=../.. TEST_BASE_DIR=../ ./test.sh --setup
+clean:
+	@basedir=../.. TEST_BASE_DIR=../ ./test.sh --clean
+run:
+	@basedir=../.. TEST_BASE_DIR=../ ./test.sh --run
diff --git a/test/TEST-08-ISSUE-2730/test.sh b/test/TEST-08-ISSUE-2730/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..92e70b828b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TEST-08-ISSUE-2730/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- mode: shell-script; indent-tabs-mode: nil; sh-basic-offset: 4; -*-
+# ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
+TEST_DESCRIPTION="https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/2730"
+
+. $TEST_BASE_DIR/test-functions
+SKIP_INITRD=yes
+QEMU_TIMEOUT=180
+FSTYPE=ext4
+
+check_result_qemu() {
+    ret=1
+    mkdir -p $TESTDIR/root
+    mount ${LOOPDEV}p1 $TESTDIR/root
+    [[ -e $TESTDIR/root/testok ]] && ret=0
+    [[ -f $TESTDIR/root/failed ]] && cp -a $TESTDIR/root/failed $TESTDIR
+    cp -a $TESTDIR/root/var/log/journal $TESTDIR
+    umount $TESTDIR/root
+    [[ -f $TESTDIR/failed ]] && cat $TESTDIR/failed
+    ls -l $TESTDIR/journal/*/*.journal
+    test -s $TESTDIR/failed && ret=$(($ret+1))
+    return $ret
+}
+
+test_run() {
+    run_qemu || return 1
+    check_result_qemu || return 1
+    return 0
+}
+
+test_setup() {
+    create_empty_image
+    mkdir -p $TESTDIR/root
+    mount ${LOOPDEV}p1 $TESTDIR/root
+
+    # Create what will eventually be our root filesystem onto an overlay
+    (
+        LOG_LEVEL=5
+        eval $(udevadm info --export --query=env --name=${LOOPDEV}p2)
+
+        setup_basic_environment
+
+        # setup the testsuite service
+        cat >$initdir/etc/systemd/system/testsuite.service <<EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=Testsuite service
+After=multi-user.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda1 && echo OK > /testok; systemctl poweroff'
+Type=oneshot
+EOF
+
+    rm $initdir/etc/fstab
+    cat >$initdir/etc/systemd/system/-.mount <<EOF
+[Unit]
+Before=local-fs.target
+
+[Mount]
+What=/dev/sda1
+Where=/
+Type=ext4
+Options=errors=remount-ro,noatime
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=local-fs.target
+Alias=root.mount
+EOF
+
+        setup_testsuite
+    ) || return 1
+
+    ln -s /etc/systemd/system/-.mount $initdir/etc/systemd/system/root.mount
+    mkdir -p $initdir/etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants
+    ln -s /etc/systemd/system/-.mount $initdir/etc/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/-.mount
+
+    # mask some services that we do not want to run in these tests
+    ln -s /dev/null $initdir/etc/systemd/system/systemd-hwdb-update.service
+    ln -s /dev/null $initdir/etc/systemd/system/systemd-journal-catalog-update.service
+    ln -s /dev/null $initdir/etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service
+    ln -s /dev/null $initdir/etc/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.socket
+    ln -s /dev/null $initdir/etc/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service
+
+    ddebug "umount $TESTDIR/root"
+    umount $TESTDIR/root
+}
+
+test_cleanup() {
+    umount $TESTDIR/root 2>/dev/null
+    [[ $LOOPDEV ]] && losetup -d $LOOPDEV
+    return 0
+}
+
+do_test "$@"
diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index 6667e0524f..92e1ae9f8d 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export PATH
 LOOKS_LIKE_DEBIAN=$(source /etc/os-release && [[ "$ID" = "debian" || "$ID_LIKE" = "debian" ]] && echo yes)
 KERNEL_VER=${KERNEL_VER-$(uname -r)}
 KERNEL_MODS="/lib/modules/$KERNEL_VER/"
+QEMU_TIMEOUT="${QEMU_TIMEOUT:-infinity}"
+FSTYPE="${FSTYPE:-ext3}"
 
 if ! ROOTLIBDIR=$(pkg-config --variable=systemdutildir systemd); then
     echo "WARNING! Cannot determine rootlibdir from pkg-config, assuming /usr/lib/systemd" >&2
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ $KERNEL_APPEND \
 -kernel $KERNEL_BIN \
 "
 
-    if [ "$INITRD" ]; then
+    if [[ "$INITRD" && "$SKIP_INITRD" != "yes" ]]; then
         QEMU_OPTIONS="$QEMU_OPTIONS -initrd $INITRD"
     fi
 
@@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ $KERNEL_APPEND \
         QEMU_OPTIONS="$QEMU_OPTIONS -machine accel=kvm -enable-kvm -cpu host"
     fi
 
+    if [[ "$QEMU_TIMEOUT" != "infinity" ]]; then
+        QEMU_BIN="timeout --foreground $QEMU_TIMEOUT $QEMU_BIN"
+    fi
     ( set -x
       $QEMU_BIN $QEMU_OPTIONS -append "$KERNEL_APPEND" $TESTDIR/rootdisk.img ) || return 1
 }
@@ -241,7 +246,7 @@ create_empty_image() {
 ,
 EOF
 
-    mkfs.ext3 -L systemd "${LOOPDEV}p1"
+    mkfs -t "$FSTYPE" -L systemd "${LOOPDEV}p1"
 }
 
 check_result_nspawn() {