diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_async/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_async/tasks/main.yml
index b83227791ba..556284770ac 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_async/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_async/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,3 +56,9 @@
         - "'ansible_job_id' in async_result"
         - "'started' in async_result"
         - "'finished' not in async_result"
+
+- name: test skipped task handling
+  command: /bin/true 
+  async: 15
+  poll: 0
+  when: False