diff --git a/tests/test-status.t b/tests/test-status.t
--- a/tests/test-status.t
+++ b/tests/test-status.t
@@ -680,3 +680,15 @@
   $ cd symlink-repo0
   $ ln -s ../repo0/.hg
   $ hg status
+
+Check using include flag with pattern when status does not need to traverse
+the working directory (issue6483)
+
+  $ cd ..
+  $ hg init issue6483
+  $ cd issue6483
+  $ touch a.py b.rs
+  $ hg add a.py b.rs
+  $ hg st -aI "*.py"
+  A a.py
+  A b.rs (known-bad-output rust !)