diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/snippets/test/electron-browser/snippetsRewrite.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/snippets/test/electron-browser/snippetsRewrite.test.ts
index a76ea964243bbef4bcb001e977ae7efe61ca856f..ab171d24f38521ec5233ca3094e9974d80956def 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/snippets/test/electron-browser/snippetsRewrite.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/snippets/test/electron-browser/snippetsRewrite.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { Snippet } from 'vs/workbench/parts/snippets/electron-browser/snippets.contribution';
 
-suite('TMSnippets', function () {
+suite('SnippetRewrite', function () {
 
 	function assertRewrite(input: string, expected: string | boolean): void {
 		const actual = Snippet._rewriteBogousVariables(input);
@@ -43,4 +43,11 @@ suite('TMSnippets', function () {
 	test('Snippet choices: unable to escape comma and pipe, #31521', function () {
 		assertRewrite('console.log(${1|not\\, not, five, 5, 1   23|});', false);
 	});
+
+	test('lazy bogous variable rewrite', function () {
+		const snippet = new Snippet('foo', 'prefix', 'desc', 'This is ${bogous} because it is a ${var}', 'source');
+		assert.equal(snippet.body, 'This is ${bogous} because it is a ${var}');
+		assert.equal(snippet.codeSnippet, 'This is ${1:bogous} because it is a ${2:var}');
+		assert.equal(snippet.isBogous, true);
+	});
 });