diff --git a/bin/tests/system/dnssec/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/dnssec/tests.sh
index f2b7b76685..839384217b 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/dnssec/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/dnssec/tests.sh
@@ -4487,5 +4487,35 @@ n=$((n + 1))
 if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status + ret))
 
+echo_i "checking NSEC3 nxdomain response closest encloser with 0 ENT ($n)"
+ret=0
+dig_with_opts @10.53.0.3 b.b.b.b.b.a.nsec3.example. >dig.out.ns3.test$n
+grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.ns3.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
+pat="^6OVDUHTN094ML2PV8AN90U0DPU823GH2\.nsec3.example\..*NSEC3 1 0 0 - 7AT0S0RIDCJRFF2M5H5AAV22CSFJBUL4 A RRSIG\$"
+grep "$pat" dig.out.ns3.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
+n=$((n + 1))
+if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+status=$((status + ret))
+
+echo_i "checking NSEC3 nxdomain response closest encloser with 1 ENTs ($n)"
+ret=0
+dig_with_opts @10.53.0.3 b.b.b.b.b.a.a.nsec3.example. >dig.out.ns3.test$n
+grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.ns3.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
+pat="^NGCJFSOLJUUE27PFNQNJIME4TQ0OU2DH\.nsec3.example\..*NSEC3 1 0 0 - R8EVDMNIGNOKME4LH2H90OSP2PRSNJ1Q\$"
+grep "$pat" dig.out.ns3.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
+n=$((n + 1))
+if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+status=$((status + ret))
+
+echo_i "checking NSEC3 nxdomain response closest encloser with 2 ENTs ($n)"
+ret=0
+dig_with_opts @10.53.0.3 b.b.b.b.b.a.a.a.nsec3.example. >dig.out.ns3.test$n
+grep "status: NXDOMAIN" dig.out.ns3.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
+pat="^H7RHPDCHSVVRAND332F878C8AB6IBJQV\.nsec3.example\..*NSEC3 1 0 0 - K8IG76R2UPQ13IKFO49L7IB9JRVB6QJI\$"
+grep "$pat" dig.out.ns3.test$n >/dev/null || ret=1
+n=$((n + 1))
+if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+status=$((status + ret))
+
 echo_i "exit status: $status"
 [ $status -eq 0 ] || exit 1