diff --git a/tests/test_patch.py b/tests/test_patch.py
index 0a3e333..a28a17a 100644
--- a/tests/test_patch.py
+++ b/tests/test_patch.py
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ def test_patch(tmpdir):
     kas.kas(['shell', 'test.yml', '-c', 'true'])
     for f in ['kas/tests/test_patch/hello.sh', 'hello/hello.sh']:
         assert os.stat(f)[stat.ST_MODE] & stat.S_IXUSR
+    kas.kas(['shell', 'test.yml', '-c', 'true'])
diff --git a/tests/test_patch/patches/hello-branch/003.patch b/tests/test_patch/patches/hello-branch/003.patch
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..aeae3b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_patch/patches/hello-branch/003.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../hello/quilt/003.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_patch/patches/kas-branch/003.patch b/tests/test_patch/patches/kas-branch/003.patch
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..781a072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_patch/patches/kas-branch/003.patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../kas/quilt/003.patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_patch/test.yml b/tests/test_patch/test.yml
index b7008e6..bba55af 100644
--- a/tests/test_patch/test.yml
+++ b/tests/test_patch/test.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ repos:
         repo: this
         path: patches/kas/quilt/
 
+  kas-branch:
+    url: https://github.com/siemens/kas.git
+    refspec: master
+    patches:
+      plain:
+        repo: this
+        path: patches/kas-branch/003.patch
+
   hello:
     url: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hello/
     refspec: 82e55d328c8c
@@ -26,3 +34,12 @@ repos:
       quilt:
         repo: this
         path: patches/hello/quilt/
+
+  hello-branch:
+    url: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hello/
+    refspec: default
+    type: hg
+    patches:
+      plain:
+        repo: this
+        path: patches/hello-branch/003.patch