diff --git a/test/restore.bats b/test/restore.bats
index c50344a1..1351cab5 100644
--- a/test/restore.bats
+++ b/test/restore.bats
@@ -77,3 +77,59 @@ function teardown() {
 	cleanup_pods
 	stop_crio
 }
+
+@test "crio restore with bad state" {
+	start_crio
+	run crioctl pod run --config "$TESTDATA"/sandbox_config.json
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	pod_id="$output"
+
+	run crioctl pod status --id "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "${output}" =~ "SANDBOX_READY" ]]
+
+	run crioctl ctr create --config "$TESTDATA"/container_config.json --pod "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	ctr_id="$output"
+
+	run crioctl ctr status --id "$ctr_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "${output}" =~ "CONTAINER_CREATED" ]]
+
+	stop_crio
+
+	# simulate reboot with runc state going away
+	for i in $("$RUNTIME" list -q | xargs); do "$RUNTIME" delete -f $i; done
+
+	start_crio
+	run crioctl pod list
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "${output}" != "" ]]
+	[[ "${output}" =~ "${pod_id}" ]]
+
+	run crioctl pod status --id "$pod_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "${output}" =~ "SANDBOX_NOTREADY" ]]
+
+	run crioctl ctr list
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "${output}" != "" ]]
+	[[ "${output}" =~ "${ctr_id}" ]]
+
+	run crioctl ctr status --id "$ctr_id"
+	echo "$output"
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "${output}" =~ "CONTAINER_EXITED" ]]
+	[[ "${output}" =~ "Exit Code: 255" ]]
+
+	cleanup_ctrs
+	cleanup_pods
+	stop_crio
+}