diff --git a/pactest/tests/remove052.py b/pactest/tests/remove052.py
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+self.description = "-Rs test (dependency chain)"
+
+lp1 = pmpkg("pkg1")
+lp1.depends = ["pkg2"]
+self.addpkg2db("local", lp1)
+
+lp2 = pmpkg("pkg2")
+lp2.depends = ["pkg3"]
+lp2.reason = 1
+self.addpkg2db("local", lp2)
+
+lp3 = pmpkg("pkg3")
+lp3.reason = 1
+self.addpkg2db("local", lp3)
+
+self.args = "-Rs %s" % " ".join([p.name for p in lp1, lp3])
+
+self.addrule("PACMAN_RETCODE=0")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg1")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg2")
+self.addrule("!PKG_EXIST=pkg3")