diff --git a/tests/test_categorical.py b/tests/test_categorical.py
index 7031d0940c..88844cf5dd 100644
--- a/tests/test_categorical.py
+++ b/tests/test_categorical.py
@@ -3125,6 +3125,10 @@ def test_invalid_kind(self, long_df):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid `kind`: 'wrong'"):
             catplot(long_df, kind="wrong")
 
+    def test_no_legend_with_auto(self):
+
+        g = catplot(self.df, x="g", y="y", hue="g", legend='auto')
+        assert g._legend is None
 
 class TestBeeswarm: