diff --git a/acceptance/tests/resource/service/ticket_14297_handle_upstart.rb b/acceptance/tests/resource/service/ticket_14297_handle_upstart.rb
index edc7edd53..966705583 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/resource/service/ticket_14297_handle_upstart.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/resource/service/ticket_14297_handle_upstart.rb
@@ -1,48 +1,52 @@
 test_name 'Upstart Testing'
 
 # only run these on ubuntu vms
 confine :to, :platform => 'ubuntu'
 
 # pick any ubuntu agent
 agent = agents.first
 
 def check_service_for(pkg, type, agent)
   if pkg == "apache2"
     if type == "stop"
       on agent, "service #{pkg} status", :acceptable_exit_codes => [1,2,3]
     else
       on agent, "service #{pkg} status", :acceptable_exit_codes => [0]
     end
   else
     on agent, "service #{pkg} status | grep #{type} -q"
   end
 end
 
 begin
 # in Precise these packages provide a mix of upstart with no linked init
 # script (tty2), upstart linked to an init script (rsyslog), and no upstart
 # script - only an init script (apache2)
   %w(tty2 rsyslog apache2).each do |pkg|
     on agent, puppet_resource("package #{pkg} ensure=present")
 
     step "Ensure #{pkg} has started"
     on agent, "service #{pkg} start", :acceptable_exit_codes => [0,1]
 
     step "Check that status for running #{pkg}"
     check_service_for(pkg, "start", agent)
 
     step "Stop #{pkg} with `puppet resource'"
     on agent, puppet_resource("service #{pkg} ensure=stopped")
 
     step "Check that status for stopped #{pkg}"
     check_service_for(pkg, "stop", agent)
 
     step "Start #{pkg} with `puppet resource'"
     on agent, puppet_resource("service #{pkg} ensure=running")
 
     step "Check that status for started #{pkg}"
     check_service_for(pkg, "start", agent)
   end
+
+  on agent, puppet_resource("service") do
+    assert_match(/service \{ 'ssh':\n.*  ensure => 'running',/, stdout, "SSH isn't running, something is wrong with upstart.")
+  end
 ensure
   on agent, puppet_resource("package apache2 ensure=absent")
 end