diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/003_recovery_targets.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/003_recovery_targets.pl
index fd14bab208..85afc71c66 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/003_recovery_targets.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/003_recovery_targets.pl
@@ -167,3 +167,22 @@ foreach my $i (0..100)
 $logfile = slurp_file($node_standby->logfile());
 ok($logfile =~ qr/FATAL:  recovery ended before configured recovery target was reached/,
 	'recovery end before target reached is a fatal error');
+
+# react to promote on recovery_target_action = pause
+
+$node_standby = get_new_node('standby_9');
+$node_standby->init_from_backup($node_master, 'my_backup',
+								has_restoring => 1, standby => 1);
+$node_standby->append_conf('postgresql.conf',
+						   "recovery_target_name = '$recovery_name'");
+$node_standby->append_conf('postgresql.conf',
+						   "recovery_target_action = 'pause'");
+$node_standby->start;
+
+# Wait until standby has replayed enough data
+my $caughtup_query =
+  "SELECT '$lsn4'::pg_lsn <= pg_last_wal_replay_lsn()";
+$node_standby->poll_query_until('postgres', $caughtup_query)
+  or die "Timed out while waiting for standby to catch up";
+
+$node_standby->promote;