diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_env-empty-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_env-empty-stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb78849579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_env-empty-stdout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^-- TEST_ENV is correctly set in environment: ''$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_env-empty.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_env-empty.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17ade984d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/E_env-empty.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+if(DEFINED ENV{TEST_ENV})
+  message(STATUS "TEST_ENV is correctly set in environment: '$ENV{TEST_ENV}'")
+else()
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "TEST_ENV is incorrectly not set in environment")
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 10065715b2..c198881693 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ run_cmake_command(E_env-no-command0 ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env)
 run_cmake_command(E_env-no-command1 ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env TEST_ENV=1)
 run_cmake_command(E_env-bad-arg1 ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env -bad-arg1)
 run_cmake_command(E_env-set   ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env TEST_ENV=1 ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR}/E_env-set.cmake)
+run_cmake_command(E_env-empty ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env TEST_ENV=  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR}/E_env-empty.cmake)
 run_cmake_command(E_env-unset ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env TEST_ENV=1 ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env --unset=TEST_ENV ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR}/E_env-unset.cmake)
 run_cmake_command(E_env-stdin ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DPRINT_STDIN_EXE=${PRINT_STDIN_EXE} -P ${RunCMake_SOURCE_DIR}/E_env-stdin.cmake)