diff --git a/tests/test_post_processing/test_nms.py b/tests/test_post_processing/test_nms.py
index 86da74f270..13d793d239 100644
--- a/tests/test_post_processing/test_nms.py
+++ b/tests/test_post_processing/test_nms.py
@@ -29,6 +29,45 @@ def test_soft_oks_nms():
     keep = oks_nms([kpts[i] for i in range(len(kpts))], oks_thr)
     assert (keep == np.array([0, 2])).all()
 
+    kpts_with_score_joints = []
+    kpts_with_score_joints.append({
+        'keypoints':
+        np.tile(np.array([10, 10, 0.9]), [17, 1]),
+        'area':
+        100,
+        'score':
+        np.tile(np.array([0.9]), 17)
+    })
+    kpts_with_score_joints.append({
+        'keypoints':
+        np.tile(np.array([10, 10, 0.9]), [17, 1]),
+        'area':
+        100,
+        'score':
+        np.tile(np.array([0.4]), 17)
+    })
+    kpts_with_score_joints.append({
+        'keypoints':
+        np.tile(np.array([100, 100, 0.9]), [17, 1]),
+        'area':
+        100,
+        'score':
+        np.tile(np.array([0.7]), 17)
+    })
+    keep = soft_oks_nms([
+        kpts_with_score_joints[i] for i in range(len(kpts_with_score_joints))
+    ],
+                        oks_thr,
+                        score_per_joint=True)
+    assert (keep == np.array([0, 2, 1])).all()
+
+    keep = oks_nms([
+        kpts_with_score_joints[i] for i in range(len(kpts_with_score_joints))
+    ],
+                   oks_thr,
+                   score_per_joint=True)
+    assert (keep == np.array([0, 2])).all()
+
 
 def test_func_nms():
     result = nms(np.array([[0, 0, 10, 10, 0.9], [0, 0, 10, 8, 0.8]]), 0.5)