diff --git a/tests/plugins/selfdisable.py b/tests/plugins/selfdisable.py
index 5daa2ce6e2b4..ca7e76e8cafa 100755
--- a/tests/plugins/selfdisable.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/selfdisable.py
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ def init(configuration, options, plugin):
     return {'disable': 'init saying disable'}
 
 
+# plugin.add_option('dummy-option', False, 'does nothing', opt_type='bool')
 plugin.run()
diff --git a/tests/test_plugin.py b/tests/test_plugin.py
index 2aa2922f326b..ed6446c01869 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugin.py
@@ -3085,6 +3085,12 @@ def test_self_disable(node_factory):
     with pytest.raises(RpcError, match="Disabled via selfdisable option"):
         l1.rpc.plugin_start(p2, selfdisable=True)
 
+    with pytest.raises(RpcError, match="init saying disable"):
+        l1.rpc.plugin_start(pydisable)
+
+    with pytest.raises(RpcError, match="init saying disable"):
+        l1.rpc.plugin_start(pydisable, **{"dummy-option": True})
+
 
 def test_restart_on_update(node_factory):
     """Tests if plugin rescan restarts modified plugins