diff --git a/test/pod.bats b/test/pod.bats
index fc70b2aa..7525a7c7 100644
--- a/test/pod.bats
+++ b/test/pod.bats
@@ -257,6 +257,29 @@ function teardown() {
 	stop_ocid
 }
 
+@test "pod remove idempotent" {
+	# this test requires docker, thus it can't yet be run in a container
+	if [ "$TRAVIS" = "true" ]; then # instead of $TRAVIS, add a function is_containerized to skip here
+		skip "cannot yet run this test in a container, use sudo make localintegration"
+	fi
+
+	start_ocid
+	run ocic pod create --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	pod_id="$output"
+	run ocic pod remove --id "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	run ocic pod remove --id "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+	cleanup_ctrs
+	cleanup_pods
+	stop_ocid
+}
+
 @test "pod stop idempotent with ctrs already stopped" {
 	# this test requires docker, thus it can't yet be run in a container
 	if [ "$TRAVIS" = "true" ]; then # instead of $TRAVIS, add a function is_containerized to skip here