diff --git a/bin/tests/system/autosign/ns3/named.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/autosign/ns3/named.conf.in
index 42a0fd618e..1f878e6737 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/autosign/ns3/named.conf.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/autosign/ns3/named.conf.in
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ zone "nsec3-to-nsec.example" {
 	type primary;
 	file "nsec3-to-nsec.example.db";
 	allow-update { any; };
+	max-journal-size 10M;
 	auto-dnssec maintain;
 };
 
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/autosign/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/autosign/tests.sh
index 9c1d926d7c..516e121245 100755
--- a/bin/tests/system/autosign/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/autosign/tests.sh
@@ -1793,5 +1793,16 @@ n=$((n + 1))
 if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=$((status + ret))
 
+echo_i "check that the startup change from NSEC3 to NSEC is properly signed ($n)"
+ret=0
+$JOURNALPRINT ns3/nsec3-to-nsec.example.db.jnl \
+  | awk 'BEGIN { count=0; ok=0 }
+$1 == "del" && $5 == "SOA" { count++; if (count == 2) { if (ok) { exit(0); } else { exit(1); } } }
+$1 == "add" && $5 == "RRSIG" && $6 == "TYPE65534" { ok=1 }
+' || ret=1
+n=$((n + 1))
+if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+status=$((status + ret))
+
 echo_i "exit status: $status"
 [ $status -eq 0 ] || exit 1