diff --git a/tests/test_flow.ts b/tests/test_flow.ts
index 8736904bb6..0369a39988 100644
--- a/tests/test_flow.ts
+++ b/tests/test_flow.ts
@@ -3286,6 +3286,102 @@ describe('flows', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('when children have delay', () => {
+    it('moves children to delayed', async () => {
+      const name = 'child-job';
+      const values = [{ idx: 0, bar: 'something' }];
+
+      const topQueueName = `top-queue-${v4()}`;
+
+      let parentProcessor;
+      const childrenWorker = new Worker(
+        queueName,
+        async (job: Job) => {
+          await delay(500);
+          return values[job.data.idx];
+        },
+        {
+          connection,
+          prefix,
+        },
+      );
+
+      const completed = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        childrenWorker.on('completed', async function () {
+          resolve();
+        });
+      });
+
+      const processingTop = new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => [
+        (parentProcessor = async (job: Job) => {
+          try {
+            const { processed } = await job.getDependencies();
+            expect(Object.keys(processed)).to.have.length(1);
+
+            const childrenValues = await job.getChildrenValues();
+
+            const jobKey = queue.toKey(tree.children[0].job.id);
+            expect(childrenValues[jobKey]).to.be.deep.equal(values[0]);
+            expect(processed[jobKey]).to.be.deep.equal(values[0]);
+
+            resolve();
+          } catch (err) {
+            console.error(err);
+            reject(err);
+          }
+        }),
+      ]);
+
+      const parentWorker = new Worker(topQueueName, parentProcessor, {
+        connection,
+        prefix,
+      });
+
+      const flow = new FlowProducer({ connection, prefix });
+      const tree = await flow.add({
+        name: 'root-job',
+        queueName: topQueueName,
+        data: {},
+        children: [
+          {
+            name,
+            data: { idx: 0, foo: 'bar' },
+            queueName,
+            opts: {
+              delay: 2000,
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+
+      expect(tree).to.have.property('job');
+      expect(tree).to.have.property('children');
+
+      const { children, job } = tree;
+      const isWaitingChildren = await job.isWaitingChildren();
+
+      expect(isWaitingChildren).to.be.true;
+      expect(children).to.have.length(1);
+
+      expect(children[0].job.id).to.be.ok;
+      expect(children[0].job.data.foo).to.be.eql('bar');
+
+      const isDelayed = await children![0].job.isDelayed();
+
+      expect(isDelayed).to.be.true;
+
+      await completed;
+
+      await childrenWorker.close();
+
+      await processingTop;
+      await parentWorker.close();
+      await flow.close();
+
+      await removeAllQueueData(new IORedis(redisHost), topQueueName);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should not process parent if child fails', async () => {
     const name = 'child-job';