diff --git a/t/t1002-kvs-extra.t b/t/t1002-kvs-extra.t
index a8f82ae31667..b511feaa25e5 100755
--- a/t/t1002-kvs-extra.t
+++ b/t/t1002-kvs-extra.t
@@ -297,6 +297,16 @@ test_expect_success 'kvs: valref that points to content store data can be read'
         flux kvs get $TEST.largeval2 | grep $largeval
 '
 
+# multi-blobref valrefs
+
+test_expect_success 'kvs: multi blob-ref valref can be read' '
+        flux kvs unlink -Rf $TEST &&
+	hashval1=`echo -n "abcd" | flux content store` &&
+	hashval2=`echo -n "efgh" | flux content store` &&
+	${KVSBASIC} put-treeobj $TEST.multival="{\"data\":[\"${hashval1}\", \"${hashval2}\"],\"type\":\"valref\",\"ver\":1}" &&
+        ${KVSBASIC} copy-fromkvs $TEST.multival - | grep "abcdefgh"
+'
+
 # dtree tests
 
 test_expect_success 'kvs: store 16x3 directory tree' '