diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index f77b65a5..5640283f 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ make test-trace-files
 
 It prepares the fixtures (`json` and `scap` files) needed by the integration tests.
 
-Using `virtualenv` the steps to locally run a specific test suite are the following ones (from this directory):
+Using `virtualenv` the steps to locally run a specific test suite are the following ones (**from this directory**):
 
 ```console
 virtualenv venv
diff --git a/test/confs/drops_ignore_log.yaml b/test/confs/drops_ignore_log.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..842f087b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/confs/drops_ignore_log.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+syscall_event_drops:
+  actions:
+    - ignore
+    - log
+  rate: .03333
+  max_burst: 10
+  simulate_drops: true
+
+stdout_output:
+  enabled: true
+
+log_stderr: true
diff --git a/test/falco_tests.yaml b/test/falco_tests.yaml
index 0e2cef9b..b2de2cde 100644
--- a/test/falco_tests.yaml
+++ b/test/falco_tests.yaml
@@ -1227,6 +1227,15 @@ trace_files: !mux
     stdout_not_contains:
       - "Falco internal: syscall event drop"
 
+  monitor_syscall_drops_ignore_and_log:
+    exit_status: 1
+    rules_file:
+      - rules/single_rule.yaml
+    conf_file: confs/drops_ignore_log.yaml
+    trace_file: trace_files/ping_sendto.scap
+    stderr_contains:
+      - "syscall event drop action \"log\" does not make sense with the \"ignore\" action"
+
   monitor_syscall_drops_log:
     exit_status: 0
     rules_file: