diff --git a/integration/check_test.go b/integration/check_test.go
index e3869fba..173d1788 100644
--- a/integration/check_test.go
+++ b/integration/check_test.go
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ func (s *SkopeoSuite) TestNeedAuthToPrivateRegistryV2WithoutDockerCfg(c *check.C
 	assertSkopeoFails(c, wanted, "--tls-verify=false", "inspect", fmt.Sprintf("docker://%s/busybox:latest", s.regV2WithAuth.url))
 }
 
+func (s *SkopeoSuite) TestCertDirInsteadOfCertPath(c *check.C) {
+	wanted := ".*flag provided but not defined: -cert-path.*"
+	assertSkopeoFails(c, wanted, "--tls-verify=false", "inspect", fmt.Sprintf("docker://%s/busybox:latest", s.regV2WithAuth.url), "--cert-path=/")
+	wanted = ".*unauthorized: authentication required.*"
+	assertSkopeoFails(c, wanted, "--tls-verify=false", "inspect", fmt.Sprintf("docker://%s/busybox:latest", s.regV2WithAuth.url), "--cert-dir=/etc/docker/certs.d/")
+}
+
 // TODO(runcom): as soon as we can push to registries ensure you can inspect here
 // not just get image not found :)
 func (s *SkopeoSuite) TestNoNeedAuthToPrivateRegistryV2ImageNotFound(c *check.C) {