diff --git a/src/test/test-execute.c b/src/test/test-execute.c
index 4943bfa689..9b0fac8bc9 100644
--- a/src/test/test-execute.c
+++ b/src/test/test-execute.c
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ static void test_exec_environmentfile(Manager *m) {
                 " ; # comment3\n"
                 "line without an equal\n"
                 "VAR3='$word 5 6'\n"
-                "VAR4='new\nline'\n";
+                "VAR4='new\nline'\n"
+                "VAR5=password\\with\\backslashes";
         int r;
 
         r = write_string_file("/tmp/test-exec_environmentfile.conf", e, WRITE_STRING_FILE_CREATE);
@@ -482,6 +483,7 @@ static void test_exec_passenvironment(Manager *m) {
         assert_se(setenv("VAR2", "word3", 1) == 0);
         assert_se(setenv("VAR3", "$word 5 6", 1) == 0);
         assert_se(setenv("VAR4", "new\nline", 1) == 0);
+        assert_se(setenv("VAR5", "passwordwithbackslashes", 1) == 0);
         test(m, "exec-passenvironment.service", 0, CLD_EXITED);
         test(m, "exec-passenvironment-repeated.service", 0, CLD_EXITED);
         test(m, "exec-passenvironment-empty.service", 0, CLD_EXITED);
@@ -489,6 +491,7 @@ static void test_exec_passenvironment(Manager *m) {
         assert_se(unsetenv("VAR2") == 0);
         assert_se(unsetenv("VAR3") == 0);
         assert_se(unsetenv("VAR4") == 0);
+        assert_se(unsetenv("VAR5") == 0);
         test(m, "exec-passenvironment-absent.service", 0, CLD_EXITED);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/test-execute/exec-environmentfile.service b/test/test-execute/exec-environmentfile.service
index cd4747aa20..9bcb133aec 100644
--- a/test/test-execute/exec-environmentfile.service
+++ b/test/test-execute/exec-environmentfile.service
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 Description=Test for EnvironmentFile
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'test "$$VAR1" = "word1 word2" && test "$$VAR2" = word3 && test "$$VAR3" = "\\$$word 5 6" && test "$$VAR4" = "new\nline"'
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'test "$$VAR1" = "word1 word2" && test "$$VAR2" = word3 && test "$$VAR3" = "\\$$word 5 6" && test "$$VAR4" = "new\nline" && test "$$VAR5" = passwordwithbackslashes'
 Type=oneshot
 EnvironmentFile=/tmp/test-exec_environmentfile.conf
diff --git a/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-absent.service b/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-absent.service
index 4a82206a2c..d257e48cda 100644
--- a/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-absent.service
+++ b/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-absent.service
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 Description=Test for PassEnvironment with variables absent from the execution environment
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'test "$${VAR1-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR2-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR3-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR4-unset}" = "unset"'
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'test "$${VAR1-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR2-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR3-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR4-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR5-unset}" = "unset"'
 Type=oneshot
-PassEnvironment=VAR1 VAR2 VAR3 VAR4
+PassEnvironment=VAR1 VAR2 VAR3 VAR4 VAR5
diff --git a/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-empty.service b/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-empty.service
index 8716cdf6bb..291259a347 100644
--- a/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-empty.service
+++ b/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-empty.service
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Description=Test for PassEnvironment and erasing the variable list
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'test "$${VAR1-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR2-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR3-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR4-unset}" = "unset"'
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'test "$${VAR1-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR2-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR3-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR4-unset}" = "unset" && test "$${VAR5-unset}" = "unset"'
 Type=oneshot
-PassEnvironment=VAR1 VAR2 VAR3 VAR4
+PassEnvironment=VAR1 VAR2 VAR3 VAR4 VAR5
 PassEnvironment=
diff --git a/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-repeated.service b/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-repeated.service
index d518d7d8a5..e88699802f 100644
--- a/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-repeated.service
+++ b/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment-repeated.service
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 Description=Test for PassEnvironment with a variable name repeated
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'test "$$VAR1" = "word1 word2" && test "$$VAR2" = word3 && test "$$VAR3" = "\\$$word 5 6" && test "$$VAR4" = "new\nline"'
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'test "$$VAR1" = "word1 word2" && test "$$VAR2" = word3 && test "$$VAR3" = "\\$$word 5 6" && test "$$VAR4" = "new\nline" && test "$$VAR5" = passwordwithbackslashes'
 Type=oneshot
 PassEnvironment=VAR1 VAR2
 PassEnvironment=VAR1 VAR3
 PassEnvironment=VAR1 VAR4
+PassEnvironment=VAR1 VAR5
diff --git a/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment.service b/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment.service
index cca44ebf4a..05c1bdfe88 100644
--- a/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment.service
+++ b/test/test-execute/exec-passenvironment.service
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 Description=Test for PassEnvironment
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'test "$$VAR1" = "word1 word2" && test "$$VAR2" = word3 && test "$$VAR3" = "\\$$word 5 6" && test "$$VAR4" = "new\nline"'
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -x -c 'test "$$VAR1" = "word1 word2" && test "$$VAR2" = word3 && test "$$VAR3" = "\\$$word 5 6" && test "$$VAR4" = "new\nline" && test "$$VAR5" = passwordwithbackslashes'
 Type=oneshot
-PassEnvironment=VAR1 VAR2 VAR3 VAR4
+PassEnvironment=VAR1 VAR2 VAR3 VAR4 VAR5