diff --git a/frappe/tests/test_commands.py b/frappe/tests/test_commands.py
index 4a10484d1d..66f797d168 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/test_commands.py
+++ b/frappe/tests/test_commands.py
@@ -773,3 +773,9 @@ class TestDBCli(BaseTestCommands):
 	def test_db_cli(self):
 		self.execute("bench --site {site} db-console", kwargs={"cmd_input": rb"\q"})
 		self.assertEqual(self.returncode, 0)
+
+	@run_only_if(db_type_is.MARIADB)
+	def test_db_cli_with_sql(self):
+		self.execute("bench --site {site} db-console -e 'select 1'")
+		self.assertEqual(self.returncode, 0)
+		self.assertIn("1", self.stdout)