diff --git a/tests/test-narrow-commit.t b/tests/test-narrow-commit.t
--- a/tests/test-narrow-commit.t
+++ b/tests/test-narrow-commit.t
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
   * matcher:
   <includematcher includes='(?:(?:|.*/)f1(?:/|$))'>
   f  inside/f1  inside/f1
+  $ hg add .
   $ hg add outside/f1
   abort: cannot track 'outside/f1' - it is outside the narrow clone
   [255]