diff --git a/test/whiteout.bats b/test/whiteout.bats
index 9cee2e91..2e315656 100644
--- a/test/whiteout.bats
+++ b/test/whiteout.bats
@@ -72,4 +72,10 @@ fulldir:
 EOF
 
   stacker build
+
+  # "bb" should not have a whiteout entry for /a1
+  md=$(cat oci/index.json | jq .manifests[0].digest | sed s/sha256://g | tr -d \")
+  ld=$(cat oci/blobs/sha256/"$md" | jq .layers[-1].digest | sed s/sha256://g | tr -d \")
+  run "bsdtar -tvf oci/blobs/sha256/$ld | grep '.wh.a1'"
+  [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
 }