diff --git a/tests/integration/start_detached.bats b/tests/integration/start_detached.bats
index e9df8e8b..52225007 100644
--- a/tests/integration/start_detached.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/start_detached.bats
@@ -22,6 +22,22 @@ function teardown() {
   testcontainer test_busybox running
 }
 
+@test "runc run detached ({u,g}id != 0)" {
+  # replace "uid": 0 with "uid": 1000
+  # and do a similar thing for gid.
+  sed -i 's;"uid": 0;"uid": 1000;g' config.json
+  sed -i 's;"gid": 0;"gid": 100;g' config.json
+
+  # run busybox detached
+  runc run -d --console /dev/pts/ptmx test_busybox
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+  # check state
+  wait_for_container 15 1 test_busybox
+
+  testcontainer test_busybox running
+}
+
 @test "runc run detached --pid-file" {
   # run busybox detached
   runc run --pid-file pid.txt -d --console /dev/pts/ptmx test_busybox
diff --git a/tests/integration/start_hello.bats b/tests/integration/start_hello.bats
index cddc2be3..6de65e07 100644
--- a/tests/integration/start_hello.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/start_hello.bats
@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ function teardown() {
   [[ "${output}" == *"Hello"* ]]
 }
 
+@test "runc run ({u,g}id != 0)" {
+  # replace "uid": 0 with "uid": 1000
+  # and do a similar thing for gid.
+  sed -i 's;"uid": 0;"uid": 1000;g' config.json
+  sed -i 's;"gid": 0;"gid": 100;g' config.json
+
+  # run hello-world
+  runc run test_hello
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+  # check expected output
+  [[ "${output}" == *"Hello"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "runc run with rootfs set to ." {
   cp config.json rootfs/.
   rm config.json