diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 075f8d6..b8966e8 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def build_fake_container_fixture(tmpdir_factory, build_container):
     # do this images may fail with "broken" pipe errors
     cat - >/dev/null
 
+    echo "osbuild-stdout-output"
     mkdir -p /output/qcow2
     echo "fake-disk.qcow2" > /output/qcow2/disk.qcow2
 
diff --git a/test/test_container.py b/test/test_container.py
index 28b6a57..dc7c7d0 100644
--- a/test/test_container.py
+++ b/test/test_container.py
@@ -72,3 +72,25 @@ def test_container_build_generates_manifest(tmp_path, build_container):
     fn = f"centos-9-minimal-raw-{arch}/centos-9-minimal-raw-{arch}.osbuild-manifest.json"
     image_manifest_path = output_dir / fn
     assert image_manifest_path.exists()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("progress,needle,forbidden", [
+    ("verbose", "osbuild-stdout-output", "[|]"),
+    ("term", "[|]", "osbuild-stdout-output"),
+])
+@pytest.mark.skipif(os.getuid() != 0, reason="needs root")
+def test_container_with_progress(tmp_path, build_fake_container, progress, needle, forbidden):
+    output_dir = tmp_path / "output"
+    output_dir.mkdir()
+    output = subprocess.check_output([
+        "podman", "run", "-t",
+        "--privileged",
+        "-v", f"{output_dir}:/output",
+        build_fake_container,
+        "build",
+        "minimal-raw",
+        "--distro", "centos-9",
+        f"--progress={progress}",
+    ], text=True)
+    assert needle in output
+    assert forbidden not in output