diff --git a/bin/tests/system/runtime/setup.sh b/bin/tests/system/runtime/setup.sh
index 522a6e69d2..55bfd33655 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/runtime/setup.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/runtime/setup.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ copy_setports ns2/named1.conf.in ns2/named.conf
 copy_setports ns2/named-alt1.conf.in ns2/named-alt1.conf
 copy_setports ns2/named-alt2.conf.in ns2/named-alt2.conf
 copy_setports ns2/named-alt3.conf.in ns2/named-alt3.conf
+copy_setports ns2/named-alt4.conf.in ns2/named-alt4.conf
+copy_setports ns2/named-alt5.conf.in ns2/named-alt5.conf
+copy_setports ns2/named-alt6.conf.in ns2/named-alt6.conf
 
 mkdir ns2/nope
 
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
index 2f2c24a9fa..f2c5983723 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/runtime/tests.sh
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ $RNDCCMD 10.53.0.2 reconfig > rndc.out.$n 2>&1
 grep "failed: permission denied" rndc.out.$n > /dev/null 2>&1 || ret=1
 sleep 1
 grep "new-zones-directory './nope' is not writable" ns2/named.run > /dev/null 2>&1 || ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo_i "checking that named recovers when configuration file is valid again ($n)"
+ret=0
+copy_setports ns2/named1.conf.in ns2/named.conf
+$RNDCCMD 10.53.0.2 reconfig > rndc.out.$n 2>&1 || ret=1
+[ -s ns2/named.pid ] || ret=1
 kill_named ns2/named.pid || ret=1
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`
@@ -130,6 +139,16 @@ cd ..
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`
 
+n=`expr $n + 1`
+echo_i "checking that named refuses to start if new-zones-directory is not writable ($n)"
+ret=0
+(cd ns2 && $NAMED -c named-alt6.conf -D runtime-ns2-extra-6 -d 99 -g > named6.run 2>&1 &)
+sleep 2
+grep "exiting (due to fatal error)" ns2/named6.run > /dev/null || ret=1
+kill_named ns2/named.pid && ret=1
+if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
+status=`expr $status + $ret`
+
 n=`expr $n + 1`
 echo_i "checking that named logs control characters in octal notation ($n)"
 ret=0