diff --git a/t/t6019-rev-list-ancestry-path.sh b/t/t6019-rev-list-ancestry-path.sh
index 76410293b3..aa4674f1df 100755
--- a/t/t6019-rev-list-ancestry-path.sh
+++ b/t/t6019-rev-list-ancestry-path.sh
@@ -70,4 +70,39 @@ test_expect_success 'rev-list --ancestry-patch D..M -- M.t' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+#   b---bc
+#  / \ /
+# a   X
+#  \ / \
+#   c---cb
+test_expect_success 'setup criss-cross' '
+	mkdir criss-cross &&
+	(cd criss-cross &&
+	 git init &&
+	 test_commit A &&
+	 git checkout -b b master &&
+	 test_commit B &&
+	 git checkout -b c master &&
+	 test_commit C &&
+	 git checkout -b bc b -- &&
+	 git merge c &&
+	 git checkout -b cb c -- &&
+	 git merge b &&
+	 git checkout master)
+'
+
+# no commits in bc descend from cb
+test_expect_success 'criss-cross: rev-list --ancestry-path cb..bc' '
+	(cd criss-cross &&
+	 git rev-list --ancestry-path cb..bc > actual &&
+	 test -z "$(cat actual)")
+'
+
+# no commits in repository descend from cb
+test_expect_failure 'criss-cross: rev-list --ancestry-path --all ^cb' '
+	(cd criss-cross &&
+	 git rev-list --ancestry-path --all ^cb > actual &&
+	 test -z "$(cat actual)")
+'
+
 test_done