diff --git a/test/integration/targets/docker_network/tasks/tests/basic.yml b/test/integration/targets/docker_network/tasks/tests/basic.yml
index ffcf7f0e2a9..0b270cc7201 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/docker_network/tasks/tests/basic.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/docker_network/tasks/tests/basic.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@
     state: present
   register: networks_1
 
+- name: Connect network to containers 1
+  docker_network:
+    name: "{{ nname_1 }}"
+    state: present
+    connected:
+    - "{{ cname_1 }}"
+  register: networks_2
+
+- name: Connect network to containers 1 (idempotency)
+  docker_network:
+    name: "{{ nname_1 }}"
+    state: present
+    connected:
+    - "{{ cname_1 }}"
+  register: networks_2_idem
+
 - name: Connect network to containers 1 and 2
   docker_network:
     name: "{{ nname_1 }}"
@@ -38,7 +54,7 @@
     connected:
     - "{{ cname_1 }}"
     - "{{ cname_2 }}"
-  register: networks_2
+  register: networks_3
 
 - name: Connect network to containers 1 and 2 (idempotency)
   docker_network:
@@ -47,7 +63,7 @@
     connected:
     - "{{ cname_1 }}"
     - "{{ cname_2 }}"
-  register: networks_2_idem
+  register: networks_3_idem
 
 - name: Connect network to container 3
   docker_network:
@@ -56,7 +72,7 @@
     connected:
     - "{{ cname_3 }}"
     appends: yes
-  register: networks_3
+  register: networks_4
 
 - name: Connect network to container 3 (idempotency)
   docker_network:
@@ -65,7 +81,7 @@
     connected:
     - "{{ cname_3 }}"
     appends: yes
-  register: networks_3_idem
+  register: networks_4_idem
 
 - name: Disconnect network from container 1
   docker_network:
@@ -74,7 +90,7 @@
     connected:
     - "{{ cname_2 }}"
     - "{{ cname_3 }}"
-  register: networks_4
+  register: networks_5
 
 - name: Disconnect network from container 1 (idempotency)
   docker_network:
@@ -83,7 +99,7 @@
     connected:
     - "{{ cname_2 }}"
     - "{{ cname_3 }}"
-  register: networks_4_idem
+  register: networks_5_idem
 
 - name: Cleanup
   docker_network:
@@ -101,6 +117,8 @@
     # - networks_3_idem is not changed
     - networks_4 is changed
     # - networks_4_idem is not changed
+    - networks_5 is changed
+    # - networks_5_idem is not changed
 
 ####################################################################
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/docker_network/tasks/tests/substring.yml b/test/integration/targets/docker_network/tasks/tests/substring.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d789348b2d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/docker_network/tasks/tests/substring.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+- name: Registering container and network names
+  set_fact:
+    nname_1: "{{ name_prefix ~ '-network-foo' }}"
+    nname_2: "{{ name_prefix ~ '-network-foobar' }}"
+- name: Registering container and network names
+  set_fact:
+    dnetworks: "{{ dnetworks }} + [nname_1, nname_2]"
+
+####################################################################
+
+- name: Create network (superstring)
+  docker_network:
+    name: "{{ nname_2 }}"
+    state: present
+  register: networks_1
+
+- name: Create network (substring)
+  docker_network:
+    name: "{{ nname_1 }}"
+    state: present
+  register: networks_2
+
+- name: Cleanup
+  docker_network:
+    name: "{{ network_name }}"
+    state: absent
+  loop:
+  - "{{ nname_1 }}"
+  - "{{ nname_2 }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: network_name
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+    - networks_1 is changed
+    - networks_2 is changed