diff --git a/test/system/030-run.bats b/test/system/030-run.bats
index afcda3d3cf..2d5ecab39e 100644
--- a/test/system/030-run.bats
+++ b/test/system/030-run.bats
@@ -818,4 +818,11 @@ EOF
     is "$output" ".*The --kernel-memory flag is no longer supported. This flag is a noop." "warn on use of --kernel-memory"
 
 }
+
+# rhbz#1902979 : podman run fails to update /etc/hosts when --uidmap is provided
+@test "podman run update /etc/hosts" {
+    HOST=$(random_string 25)
+    run_podman run --uidmap 0:10001:10002 --rm --hostname ${HOST} $IMAGE grep ${HOST} /etc/hosts
+    is "${lines[0]}" ".*${HOST}.*"
+}
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