diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns1/example-new.db b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns1/example-new.db
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e258bd5fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns1/example-new.db
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+; Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+;
+; SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+;
+; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+; License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+; file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;
+; See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+; information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+$ORIGIN .
+$TTL 300	; 5 minutes
+example-new			IN SOA	mname1. . (
+				1          ; serial
+				20         ; refresh (20 seconds)
+				20         ; retry (20 seconds)
+				1814400    ; expire (3 weeks)
+				3600       ; minimum (1 hour)
+				)
+example-new.		NS	ns2.example-new.
+ns2.example-new.		A	10.53.0.2
+
+$ORIGIN example-new.
+a			A	10.0.0.1
+			MX	10 mail.example-new.
+short                   TXT     "short text"
+long                    TXT     (
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                  "longlonglonglonglonglonglonglonglonglong"
+                                )
+
+mail			A	10.0.0.2
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns1/named.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns1/named.conf.in
index 5bdfdf0cb6..b70c871da4 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns1/named.conf.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns1/named.conf.in
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ zone "example-tls" {
 	file "example-tls.db";
 	allow-transfer { any; };
 };
+
+zone "example-new" {
+	type primary;
+	file "example-new.db";
+	allow-transfer { any; };
+};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns3/named.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns3/named.conf.in
index 4fa2adeb40..901dc84764 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns3/named.conf.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/ns3/named.conf.in
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ options {
 	notify no;
 	minimal-responses no;
 	version none;  // make statistics independent of the version number
+	allow-new-zones yes;
 };
 
 statistics-channels { inet 10.53.0.3 port @EXTRAPORT1@ allow { localhost; }; };
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
index c871120e36..f8ba35cf36 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statschannel/tests.sh
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status + ret))
 n=$((n + 1))
 
-echo_i "Retransfering 'example' from ns1 to ns3 in slow mode ($n)"
+echo_i "Transfering zones from ns1 to ns3 in slow mode ($n)"
 ret=0
 i=0
 # Restart ns1 with '-T transferslowly' to see the xfrins information in ns3's statschannel while it's ongoing
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ nextpart ns3/named.run >/dev/null
 $RNDCCMD 10.53.0.3 retransfer example | sed "s/^/ns3 /" | cat_i
 $RNDCCMD 10.53.0.3 retransfer example-tcp | sed "s/^/ns3 /" | cat_i
 $RNDCCMD 10.53.0.3 retransfer example-tls | sed "s/^/ns3 /" | cat_i
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.3 addzone 'example-new { type secondary; primaries { 10.53.0.1; }; file "example-new.db"; };' 2>&1 | sed "s/^/ns3 /" | cat_i
 wait_for_log_fast 200 "zone example/IN: Transfer started" ns3/named.run || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status + ret))
@@ -708,11 +709,26 @@ n=$((n + 1))
 _wait_for_transfers() {
   getxfrins xml x$n || return 1
   getxfrins json j$n || return 1
+
   # XML is encoded in one line, use awk to separate each transfer with a newline
+
+  # We expect 4 transfers
   count=$(awk '{ gsub("<xfrin ", "\n<xfrin ") } 1' xfrins.xml.x$n | grep -c -E '<state>(Zone Transfer Request|First Data|Receiving AXFR Data)</state>')
-  if [ $count != 3 ]; then return 1; fi
+  if [ $count != 4 ]; then return 1; fi
   count=$(grep -c -E '"state":"(Zone Transfer Request|First Data|Receiving AXFR Data)"' xfrins.json.j$n)
+  if [ $count != 4 ]; then return 1; fi
+
+  # We expect 3 of 4 to be retransfers
+  count=$(awk '{ gsub("<xfrin ", "\n<xfrin ") } 1' xfrins.xml.x$n | grep -c -F '<firstrefresh>No</firstrefresh>')
   if [ $count != 3 ]; then return 1; fi
+  count=$(grep -c -F '"firstrefresh":"No"' xfrins.json.j$n)
+  if [ $count != 3 ]; then return 1; fi
+
+  # We expect 1 of 4 to be a new transfer
+  count=$(awk '{ gsub("<xfrin ", "\n<xfrin ") } 1' xfrins.xml.x$n | grep -c -F '<firstrefresh>Yes</firstrefresh>')
+  if [ $count != 1 ]; then return 1; fi
+  count=$(grep -c -F '"firstrefresh":"Yes"' xfrins.json.j$n)
+  if [ $count != 1 ]; then return 1; fi
 }
 
 # We have now less than one second to catch the zone transfers in progress