diff --git a/tests/lib1/omg-uninstalled.pc b/tests/lib1/omg-uninstalled.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad42720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib1/omg-uninstalled.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=/usr
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: omg
+Description: A testing pkg-config file
+Version: 1.2.3
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lomg
+Cflags: -fPIC -I${includedir}/omg
diff --git a/tests/run.sh b/tests/run.sh
index 7d48f76..9775488 100644
--- a/tests/run.sh
+++ b/tests/run.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${selfdir}/lib1 ${1} --exists 'foo > 1.2.3'; echo \$?"
 	'1'
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${selfdir}/lib1 ${1} --exists 'foo' '>' '1.2'; echo \$?" \
 	'0'
+run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${selfdir}/lib1 ${1} --uninstalled 'foo'; echo \$?" \
+	'1'
+run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${selfdir}/lib1 ${1} --uninstalled 'omg'; echo \$?" \
+	'0'
 
 # 2) tests for PKG_CONFIG_PATH order
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${selfdir}/lib1:${selfdir}/lib2 ${1} --libs foo" \