diff --git a/test/TEST-18-FAILUREACTION/Makefile b/test/TEST-18-FAILUREACTION/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b895de8bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TEST-18-FAILUREACTION/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include ../Makefile.guess
+
+all setup clean run:
+	@basedir=../.. TEST_BASE_DIR=../ BUILD_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR) ./test.sh --$@
diff --git a/test/TEST-18-FAILUREACTION/test.sh b/test/TEST-18-FAILUREACTION/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e48ba9bac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TEST-18-FAILUREACTION/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- mode: shell-script; indent-tabs-mode: nil; sh-basic-offset: 4; -*-
+# ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
+set -e
+TEST_DESCRIPTION="FailureAction= operation"
+
+. $TEST_BASE_DIR/test-functions
+QEMU_TIMEOUT=180
+
+test_setup() {
+    create_empty_image
+    mkdir -p $TESTDIR/root
+    mount ${LOOPDEV}p1 $TESTDIR/root
+
+    (
+        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
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/bin/bash -x /testsuite.sh
+Type=oneshot
+StandardOutput=tty
+StandardError=tty
+EOF
+        cp testsuite.sh $initdir/
+
+        setup_testsuite
+    ) || return 1
+    setup_nspawn_root
+
+    ddebug "umount $TESTDIR/root"
+    umount $TESTDIR/root
+}
+
+do_test "$@"
diff --git a/test/TEST-18-FAILUREACTION/testsuite.sh b/test/TEST-18-FAILUREACTION/testsuite.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1867cc3c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TEST-18-FAILUREACTION/testsuite.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- mode: shell-script; indent-tabs-mode: nil; sh-basic-offset: 4; -*-
+# ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
+set -ex
+set -o pipefail
+
+systemd-run --wait -p FailureAction=poweroff true
+! systemd-run --wait -p SuccessAction=poweroff false
+
+if test -f /firstphase ; then
+    echo OK > /firstphase
+    systemd-run --wait -p SuccessAction=reboot true
+else
+    echo OK > /testok
+    systemd-run --wait -p FailureAction=poweroff false
+fi
+
+sleep infinity
diff --git a/test/test-functions b/test/test-functions
index bfbd308c29..4d90280e2d 100644
--- a/test/test-functions
+++ b/test/test-functions
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if ! ROOTLIBDIR=$(pkg-config --variable=systemdutildir systemd); then
     ROOTLIBDIR=/usr/lib/systemd
 fi
 
-BASICTOOLS="sh bash setsid loadkeys setfont login sulogin gzip sleep echo mount umount cryptsetup date dmsetup modprobe sed cmp tee rm"
+BASICTOOLS="sh bash setsid loadkeys setfont login sulogin gzip sleep echo mount umount cryptsetup date dmsetup modprobe sed cmp tee rm true false"
 DEBUGTOOLS="df free ls stty cat ps ln ip route dmesg dhclient mkdir cp ping dhclient strace less grep id tty touch du sort hostname find"
 
 STATEDIR="${BUILD_DIR:-.}/test/$(basename $(dirname $(realpath $0)))"