diff --git a/tests/test-archive b/tests/test-archive
--- a/tests/test-archive
+++ b/tests/test-archive
@@ -63,3 +63,7 @@ hg archive -t zip -r 2 test.zip
 unzip -t test.zip
 
 hg archive -t tar - | tar tf - | sed "s/$QTIP/TIP/"
+hg archive -r 0 -t tar rev-%r.tar
+if [ -f rev-0.tar ]; then
+    echo 'rev-0.tar created'
+fi