diff --git a/test/integration/collada_world_exporter.cc b/test/integration/collada_world_exporter.cc
index ffd4a1d7be6..f3d951ed9a6 100644
--- a/test/integration/collada_world_exporter.cc
+++ b/test/integration/collada_world_exporter.cc
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include <ignition/common/ColladaLoader.hh>
 #include <ignition/common/Console.hh>
 #include <ignition/common/Filesystem.hh>
+#include <ignition/common/Mesh.hh>
+#include <ignition/common/SubMesh.hh>
 
 #include "ignition/gazebo/Server.hh"
 #include "ignition/gazebo/test_config.hh"
@@ -95,6 +98,14 @@ TEST_F(ColladaWorldExporterFixture, ExportWorldFromFuelWithSubmesh)
   // The export directory should now exist.
   EXPECT_TRUE(common::exists(outputPath));
 
+  // Original .dae file has two submeshes
+  // .sdf loads them together and a submesh alone
+  // Check that output has three nodes
+  common::ColladaLoader loader;
+  const common::Mesh *meshExported = loader.Load(common::joinPaths(outputPath, "meshes",
+        "collada_world_exporter_submesh_test.dae"));
+  EXPECT_EQ(3u, meshExported->SubMeshCount());
+
   // Cleanup
   common::removeAll(outputPath);
 }
diff --git a/test/worlds/models/mesh_with_submeshes/model.sdf b/test/worlds/models/mesh_with_submeshes/model.sdf
index 4bba6e8d754..973c4a7bf3a 100644
--- a/test/worlds/models/mesh_with_submeshes/model.sdf
+++ b/test/worlds/models/mesh_with_submeshes/model.sdf
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
   <model name='scheme_resource_uri'>
     <pose>0 0 1 0 0 0</pose>
     <link name='the_link'>
+      <visual name='visual_submesh'>
+        <geometry>
+          <mesh>
+            <uri>model://mesh_with_submeshes/meshes/mesh_with_submeshes.dae</uri>
+            <submesh>
+              <name>node_0</name>
+              <center>false</center>
+            </submesh>
+          </mesh>
+        </geometry>
+      </visual>
       <visual name='the_visual'>
         <geometry>
           <mesh>