diff --git a/test_mpsd-software.py b/test_mpsd-software.py
index a18fb16210451d5f224e415a1550b61d2d8de952..6e3e23ba1ab231334065a87dd89009fe329db0f7 100644
--- a/test_mpsd-software.py
+++ b/test_mpsd-software.py
@@ -464,6 +464,13 @@ def create_fake_environment(tmp_path, mpsd_release, expected_toolchain_map=None)
             toolchain_lua_file.touch()
 
     return expected_toolchain_map
+def test_environment_status(tmp_path):
+    """Test that the environment status is correct."""
+    toolchain_map = mod.environment_status("fake-release", tmp_path)
+    assert toolchain_map is None
+    mpsd_release = "dev-23a"
+    expected_toolchain_map = create_fake_environment(tmp_path, mpsd_release)
+    # check that the environment statuxis is correct
     toolchain_map = mod.environment_status(mpsd_release, tmp_path)
     # convert each list to a set to ensure that the order doesn't matter
     for microarch in expected_toolchain_map.keys():