diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
index 1e549feda3d0..3317f6af0fc3 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
@@ -1524,6 +1524,21 @@ def test_bar_timedelta():
                    (10, 20))
 
 
+def test_bar_pandas(pd):
+    # Smoke test for pandas
+    fig = plt.figure()
+    ax = fig.gca()
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame(
+        {'year': [2018, 2018, 2018],
+         'month': [1, 1, 1],
+         'day': [1, 2, 3],
+         'value': [1, 2, 3]})
+    df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df[['year', 'month', 'day']])
+
+    ax.bar(df['date'], df['value'])
+
+
 @image_comparison(baseline_images=['hist_log'],
                   remove_text=True)
 def test_hist_log():