diff --git a/test/nesting_ops.cpp b/test/nesting_ops.cpp
index 2ad8f209f..565bc3644 100644
--- a/test/nesting_ops.cpp
+++ b/test/nesting_ops.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ template <typename MatrixType> void run_nesting_ops(const MatrixType& m)
   // not trigger any asserts or segmentation faults... more to come.
   VERIFY( (m.transpose() * m).diagonal().sum() == (m.transpose() * m).diagonal().sum() );
   VERIFY( (m.transpose() * m).diagonal().array().abs().sum() == (m.transpose() * m).diagonal().array().abs().sum() );
+
+  VERIFY( (m.transpose() * m).array().abs().sum() == (m.transpose() * m).array().abs().sum() );
 }
 
 void test_nesting_ops()