diff --git a/tests/integration/capabilities.bats b/tests/integration/capabilities.bats
index 968041223f7..1da7cf64c43 100644
--- a/tests/integration/capabilities.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/capabilities.bats
@@ -53,3 +53,32 @@ function teardown() {
 	[[ "${output}" == *"CapPrm:	0000000000200000"* ]]
 	[[ "${output}" == *"NoNewPrivs:	1"* ]]
 }
+
+@test "runc exec --cap" {
+	update_config '.process.terminal = false'
+	update_config '.process.args = ["sleep", "infinity"]'
+	update_config '.process.user = {"uid":0}'
+	update_config '.process.capabilities.bounding = ["CAP_KILL", "CAP_CHOWN", "CAP_SYSLOG"]'
+	update_config '.process.capabilities.effective = ["CAP_KILL"]'
+	update_config '.process.capabilities.permitted = ["CAP_KILL", "CAP_CHOWN"]'
+	update_config '.process.capabilities.inheritable = ["CAP_CHOWN", "CAP_SYSLOG"]'
+	update_config '.process.capabilities.ambient = ["CAP_CHOWN"]'
+	__runc run -d test_some_caps
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+	runc exec test_some_caps /bin/cat /proc/self/status
+	[[ "${output}" == *"CapInh:	0000000400000001"* ]]
+	[[ "${output}" == *"CapBnd:	0000000400000021"* ]]
+	[[ "${output}" == *"CapEff:	0000000000000021"* ]]
+	[[ "${output}" == *"CapPrm:	0000000000000021"* ]]
+	[[ "${output}" == *"CapAmb:	0000000000000001"* ]]
+	[[ "${output}" == *"NoNewPrivs:	1"* ]]
+
+	runc exec --cap CAP_SYSLOG test_some_caps /bin/cat /proc/self/status
+	[[ "${output}" == *"CapInh:	0000000400000001"* ]]
+	[[ "${output}" == *"CapBnd:	0000000400000021"* ]]
+	[[ "${output}" == *"CapEff:	0000000400000021"* ]]
+	[[ "${output}" == *"CapPrm:	0000000400000021"* ]]
+	[[ "${output}" == *"CapAmb:	0000000400000001"* ]]
+	[[ "${output}" == *"NoNewPrivs:	1"* ]]
+}