diff --git a/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/test/PersistentRecursiveWatcherTest.java b/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/test/PersistentRecursiveWatcherTest.java
index 80d8c400cd2..af13c43ab00 100644
--- a/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/test/PersistentRecursiveWatcherTest.java
+++ b/zookeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/zookeeper/test/PersistentRecursiveWatcherTest.java
@@ -173,4 +173,17 @@ private void assertEvent(BlockingQueue<WatchedEvent> events, Watcher.Event.Event
         assertEquals(eventType, event.getType());
         assertEquals(path, event.getPath());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoChildEvents() throws Exception {
+        try (ZooKeeper zk = createClient()) {
+            zk.create("/a", new byte[0], ZooDefs.Ids.OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE, CreateMode.PERSISTENT);
+            zk.addWatch("/", persistentWatcher, PERSISTENT_RECURSIVE);
+
+            zk.getChildren("/a", true);
+            zk.create("/a/b", new byte[0], ZooDefs.Ids.OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE, CreateMode.PERSISTENT);
+            assertEvent(events, Watcher.Event.EventType.NodeCreated, "/a/b");
+        }
+    }
+
 }
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