diff --git a/test/confs/file_stdout.yaml b/test/confs/file_stdout.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f111c90c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/confs/file_stdout.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+#
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# File containing Falco rules, loaded at startup.
+rules_file: /etc/falco_rules.yaml
+
+# Whether to output events in json or text
+json_output: false
+
+# Send information logs to stderr and/or syslog Note these are *not* security
+# notification logs! These are just Falco lifecycle (and possibly error) logs.
+log_stderr: false
+log_syslog: false
+
+# Where security notifications should go.
+# Multiple outputs can be enabled.
+
+syslog_output:
+  enabled: false
+
+file_output:
+  enabled: false
+
+stdout_output:
+  enabled: true
+
+program_output:
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/test/falco_tests.yaml b/test/falco_tests.yaml
index 1c678530..5743fe20 100644
--- a/test/falco_tests.yaml
+++ b/test/falco_tests.yaml
@@ -688,6 +688,16 @@ trace_files: !mux
       results:
         - "Warning An open was seen"
 
+  stdout_output_strict:
+    detect: True
+    detect_level: WARNING
+    rules_file:
+      - rules/single_rule.yaml
+    conf_file: confs/file_stdout.yaml
+    trace_file: trace_files/cat_write.scap
+    output_strictly_contains:
+      - stdout: output_files/single_rule_with_cat_write.txt
+
   detect_counts:
     detect: True
     detect_level: WARNING
diff --git a/test/output_files/single_rule_with_cat_write.txt b/test/output_files/single_rule_with_cat_write.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40b8d7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/output_files/single_rule_with_cat_write.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+18:17:57.881781397: Warning An open was seen (command=cat /dev/null)
+18:17:57.881785348: Warning An open was seen (command=cat /dev/null)
+18:17:57.881796705: Warning An open was seen (command=cat /dev/null)
+18:17:57.881799840: Warning An open was seen (command=cat /dev/null)
+18:17:57.882003104: Warning An open was seen (command=cat /dev/null)
+18:17:57.882008208: Warning An open was seen (command=cat /dev/null)
+18:17:57.882045694: Warning An open was seen (command=cat /dev/null)
+18:17:57.882054739: Warning An open was seen (command=cat /dev/null)
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