diff --git a/test/box/sql.result b/test/box/sql.result
index 3816ec74997849d45d0d400869dfa5a058fb3bad..21e05f1f4d5fa4514269e5d27b400d04416a1ba0 100644
--- a/test/box/sql.result
+++ b/test/box/sql.result
@@ -106,3 +106,12 @@ An error occurred: ERR_CODE_ILLEGAL_PARAMS, 'Illegal parameters'
 select * from t0 where k0='Spears'
 Found 1 tuple:
 ['Spears', 'Britney']
+
+#
+# A test case for: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/716683
+# Admin console should not stall on unknown command.
+
+show status
+---
+unknown command. try typing help.
+...
diff --git a/test/box/sql.test b/test/box/sql.test
index 6eac208fe8af124f232ec0f10a395904fe56a7a8..5189ca9d2845ff666fc268eeee0cf25068bc6abd 100644
--- a/test/box/sql.test
+++ b/test/box/sql.test
@@ -76,4 +76,10 @@ server.stop()
 server.deploy(self.suite_ini["config"])
 server.start()
 
+print """#
+# A test case for: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/716683
+# Admin console should not stall on unknown command.
+"""
+exec admin 'show status'
+
 # vim: syntax=python