diff --git a/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/1/a.j b/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/1/a.j
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2b04146b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/1/a.j
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+account A1
+account A2
+include aa.j
diff --git a/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/1/aa.j b/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/1/aa.j
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52f48a78d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/1/aa.j
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+account AA3
+account AA4
diff --git a/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/1/b.j b/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/1/b.j
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..098446a18ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/1/b.j
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+account B5
+account B6
diff --git a/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/account-display-order.test b/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/account-display-order.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b4c1715e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/test/journal/account-display-order/account-display-order.test
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+# 1. Accounts declared in this parent file and included child file are displayed in correct order.
+$ hledger -f 1/a.j accounts
+A1
+A2
+AA3
+AA4
+
+# 2. And with another sibling file, display order is still correct.
+$ hledger -f 1/a.j -f 1/b.j accounts
+A1
+A2
+AA3
+AA4
+B5
+B6