diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-no-trusted-key.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-no-trusted-key.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42cfe1fd79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-no-trusted-key.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+options {
+	dnssec-validation yes;
+};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-empty-trust-anchors.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-empty-trust-anchors.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6277a369f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-empty-trust-anchors.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+options {
+	dnssec-validation yes;
+};
+
+trust-anchors {};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-empty-trusted-keys.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-empty-trusted-keys.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b153d4512f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-empty-trusted-keys.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+options {
+	dnssec-validation yes;
+};
+
+trusted-keys {};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-nonempty-trust-anchors.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-nonempty-trust-anchors.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f9e048e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-nonempty-trust-anchors.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+options {
+	dnssec-validation yes;
+};
+
+trust-anchors {
+    example. static-ds 60724 5 2 "29E79B9064EE1A11DF3BFF19581DDFED7952C22CC204ACE17B6007EB1437E9E6";
+};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-nonempty-trusted-keys.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-nonempty-trusted-keys.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43c9b499e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/good-nonempty-trusted-keys.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+options {
+	dnssec-validation yes;
+};
+
+trusted-keys {
+	example. 257 3 8 "AwEAAawvFp8GlBx8Qt6yaIqXkDe+nMkSk2HkTAG7qlVBo++AQwZ1j3Xl
+		25IN4jsw0VTMbKUbafw9DYsVzztIwx1sNkKRLo6qP9SSkBL8RicQaafG
+		tURtsYI3oqte5qqLve1CUpRD8J06Pg1xkOxsDlz9sQAyiQrOyvMbykJY
+		kYrFYGLzYAgl/JtMyVVYlBl9pqxQuAPKYPOuO1axaad/wLN3+wTy/hcJ
+		fpvJpqzXlDF9bI5RmpoX/7geZ06vpcYJEoT0xkkmPlEl0ZjEDrm/WIaS
+		WG0/CEDpHcOXFz4OEczMVpY+lnuFfKybwF1WHFn2BwVEOS6cMM6ukIjI
+		NQyrszHhWUU=";
+};