diff --git a/sapi/cli/tests/017.phpt b/sapi/cli/tests/017.phpt
index 6adbf195e2ee6..81e5cc5547d5a 100644
--- a/sapi/cli/tests/017.phpt
+++ b/sapi/cli/tests/017.phpt
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ foreach ($codes as $key => $code) {
 }
 
 echo "\nDone\n";
+$dir = PHP_OS_FAMILY == 'Windows' ? getenv("USERPROFILE") : getenv("HOME");
+var_dump(file_exists($dir . '/.php_history'));
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
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@@ -105,3 +107,4 @@ Interactive shell
 Parse error: Unmatched ')' in php shell code on line 1
 
 Done
+bool(true)