diff --git a/test/test-console-logs-to-file-no-sections b/test/test-console-logs-to-file-no-sections
index 8d4e052..1dbfb21 100755
--- a/test/test-console-logs-to-file-no-sections
+++ b/test/test-console-logs-to-file-no-sections
@@ -26,12 +26,17 @@
 
 TEST_CONF="${TEST_NAME}.conf"
 TEST_LOG="${TEST_NAME}.log"
+BLOCK_SIZE=1024
+LOG_MAX_SIZE=$((5 * $BLOCK_SIZE))
 
 cat <<EOF > "$TEST_CONF"
 logfile = $TEST_LOG
 console-id = $TEST_NAME
+logsize = $LOG_MAX_SIZE
 EOF
 
+dd if=/dev/zero bs=$BLOCK_SIZE count=$(($LOG_MAX_SIZE / $BLOCK_SIZE)) >> "$TEST_LOG"
+
 "$SOCAT" -u PTY,raw,echo=0,link=remote PTY,raw,echo=0,wait-slave,link=local &
 PTYS_PID="$!"
 while ! [ -e remote ] || ! [ -e local ]; do sleep 1; done
@@ -43,3 +48,5 @@
 echo console-should-log-to-file-legacy-syntax > remote
 sleep 1
 grep -LF console-should-log-to-file-legacy-syntax "$TEST_LOG"
+
+[ -e "$TEST_LOG" ] && [ $(stat -c%s "$TEST_LOG") -le $LOG_MAX_SIZE ]