diff --git a/S09-hashes/objecthash.t b/S09-hashes/objecthash.t
index 6ce298fe20..863e24b9b5 100644
--- a/S09-hashes/objecthash.t
+++ b/S09-hashes/objecthash.t
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use v6;
 use Test;
 
-plan 55;
+plan 56;
 
 {
     class A { method Str() { 'foo' } };
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ plan 55;
     eval-lives-ok 'my %*a{Int}', "Accept dynamic object hash"
 }
 
+# https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/issues/1486
+{
+    ok {:foo, (if 0.5.rand < 1 { :bar })}, 'a conditional inside circumfix {} works';
+}
+
 #vim: ft=perl6
 
 # vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4