diff --git a/contrib/python3-whitelist b/contrib/python3-whitelist
--- a/contrib/python3-whitelist
+++ b/contrib/python3-whitelist
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@
 test-narrow-shallow-merges.t
 test-narrow-shallow.t
 test-narrow-share.t
+test-narrow-sparse.t
 test-narrow-strip.t
 test-narrow-trackedcmd.t
 test-narrow-update.t