diff --git a/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py b/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py
index 72bcc9994a4626556599f1a4c370247690a513ea..7bff6d8548238aa304d04339dac7ed3dcbf715a1 100644
--- a/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py
+++ b/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ print(hash(data[0]))
 print(hash(data[1]))
 print(hash(bytes(data[0], 'utf8')))
 print(hash(str(data[1], 'utf8')))
+
+# test basic import of frozen scripts
+import frzstr1
+import frzmpy1
diff --git a/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py.exp b/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py.exp
index 0d7fc11804be14d69844b3e6cd63f26000f8f559..50bed4dcff9a7ecd00493425987d26a45c3ba146 100644
--- a/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py.exp
+++ b/tests/unix/extra_coverage.py.exp
@@ -48,3 +48,5 @@ Warning: test
 7300
 7300
 7300
+frzstr1
+frzmpy1