diff --git a/test/basic.test.js b/test/basic.test.js
index 9986811c..c276bca1 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.js
+++ b/test/basic.test.js
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ function prettyFactory (opts) {
   return _prettyFactory(opts)
 }
 
+const Empty = function () {}
+Empty.prototype = Object.create(null)
+
 // All dates are computed from 'Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:35:28 GMT'
 const epoch = 1522431328992
 const formattedEpoch = '17:35:28.992'
@@ -883,6 +886,22 @@ test('basic prettifier tests', (t) => {
     t.equal(arst, `[${formattedEpoch}] INFO: hello world\n`)
   })
 
+  t.test('inlude a single key with null object', (t) => {
+    t.plan(1)
+    const pretty = prettyFactory({ include: 'level' })
+    const obj = new Empty()
+    obj.nested = 'property'
+    const arst = pretty({
+      msg: 'hello world',
+      pid: `${pid}`,
+      hostname,
+      time: epoch,
+      obj,
+      level: 30
+    })
+    t.equal(arst, 'INFO: hello world\n')
+  })
+
   t.test('prettifies trace caller', (t) => {
     t.plan(1)
     const traceCaller = (instance) => {