diff --git a/mlir/examples/standalone/test/python/smoketest.py b/mlir/examples/standalone/test/python/smoketest.py
index bd40c65d16164..96c0f91b2a498 100644
--- a/mlir/examples/standalone/test/python/smoketest.py
+++ b/mlir/examples/standalone/test/python/smoketest.py
@@ -24,3 +24,12 @@
     # CHECK: %[[C:.*]] = arith.constant 2 : i32
     # CHECK: standalone.foo %[[C]] : i32
     print(str(module))
+
+from mlir_standalone.dialects import quant
+
+try:
+    from mlir_standalone.dialects import quant
+except ImportError as e:
+    assert "symbol not found in flat namespace '_mlirTypeIsAAnyQuantizedType'" not in e.args[0]
+else:
+    assert False, "expected exception not raised"