diff --git a/testsuite/reftests/Makefile.am b/testsuite/reftests/Makefile.am
index 0d03072c89..fde67cc546 100644
--- a/testsuite/reftests/Makefile.am
+++ b/testsuite/reftests/Makefile.am
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ testdata = \
 	paned-undersized.css \
 	paned-undersized.ref.ui \
 	paned-undersized.ui \
+	pseudoclass-on-parent.css \
+	pseudoclass-on-parent.ref.ui \
+	pseudoclass-on-parent.ui \
 	quit-mnemonic.css \
 	quit-mnemonic.ref.ui \
 	quit-mnemonic.ui \
diff --git a/testsuite/reftests/pseudoclass-on-parent.css b/testsuite/reftests/pseudoclass-on-parent.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc1f11dc65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/reftests/pseudoclass-on-parent.css
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+:active {
+  color: blue;
+}
+
+:active * {
+  color: red;
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/reftests/pseudoclass-on-parent.ref.ui b/testsuite/reftests/pseudoclass-on-parent.ref.ui
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..262c5118dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/reftests/pseudoclass-on-parent.ref.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Generated with glade 3.18.1 -->
+<interface>
+  <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.12"/>
+  <object class="GtkWindow" id="window1">
+    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+    <property name="type">popup</property>
+    <child>
+      <object class="GtkToggleButton" id="togglebutton1">
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+        <property name="receives_default">True</property>
+        <property name="active">True</property>
+        <child>
+          <object class="GtkLabel" id="label1">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+            <property name="label" translatable="yes">I should be red.</property>
+            <attributes>
+              <attribute name="foreground" value="#ffff00000000"/>
+            </attributes>
+          </object>
+        </child>
+      </object>
+    </child>
+  </object>
+</interface>
diff --git a/testsuite/reftests/pseudoclass-on-parent.ui b/testsuite/reftests/pseudoclass-on-parent.ui
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d54b8ef24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/reftests/pseudoclass-on-parent.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Generated with glade 3.18.1 -->
+<interface>
+  <requires lib="gtk+" version="3.12"/>
+  <object class="GtkWindow" id="window1">
+    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+    <property name="type">popup</property>
+    <child>
+      <object class="GtkToggleButton" id="togglebutton1">
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+        <property name="receives_default">True</property>
+        <property name="active">True</property>
+        <child>
+          <object class="GtkLabel" id="label1">
+            <property name="visible">True</property>
+            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+            <property name="label" translatable="yes">I should be red.</property>
+          </object>
+        </child>
+      </object>
+    </child>
+  </object>
+</interface>