diff --git a/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.go b/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.go
index 1f180baa44..81de412d7b 100644
--- a/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.go
+++ b/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.go
@@ -76,5 +76,39 @@ var GatewayWithAttachedRoutes = suite.ConformanceTest{
 
 			kubernetes.GatewayStatusMustHaveListeners(t, s.Client, s.TimeoutConfig, gwNN, listeners)
 		})
+
+		t.Run("Gateway listener should have attached route by specifying the sectionName", func(t *testing.T) {
+			gwNN := types.NamespacedName{Name: "gateway-with-two-listeners-and-one-attached-route", Namespace: "gateway-conformance-infra"}
+			listeners := []v1beta1.ListenerStatus{
+				{
+					Name: v1beta1.SectionName("http-unattached"),
+					SupportedKinds: []v1beta1.RouteGroupKind{{
+						Group: (*v1beta1.Group)(&v1beta1.GroupVersion.Group),
+						Kind:  v1beta1.Kind("HTTPRoute"),
+					}},
+					Conditions: []metav1.Condition{{
+						Type:   string(v1beta1.ListenerConditionAccepted),
+						Status: metav1.ConditionTrue,
+						Reason: "", // any reason
+					}},
+					AttachedRoutes: 0,
+				},
+				{
+					Name: v1beta1.SectionName("http"),
+					SupportedKinds: []v1beta1.RouteGroupKind{{
+						Group: (*v1beta1.Group)(&v1beta1.GroupVersion.Group),
+						Kind:  v1beta1.Kind("HTTPRoute"),
+					}},
+					Conditions: []metav1.Condition{{
+						Type:   string(v1beta1.ListenerConditionAccepted),
+						Status: metav1.ConditionTrue,
+						Reason: "", // any reason
+					}},
+					AttachedRoutes: 1,
+				},
+			}
+
+			kubernetes.GatewayStatusMustHaveListeners(t, s.Client, s.TimeoutConfig, gwNN, listeners)
+		})
 	},
 }
diff --git a/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.yaml b/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.yaml
index b067f99c7b..c5a572c362 100644
--- a/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.yaml
+++ b/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.yaml
@@ -86,3 +86,44 @@ spec:
   - backendRefs:
     - name: infra-backend-v1
       port: 8080
+---
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Gateway
+metadata:
+  name: gateway-with-two-listeners-and-one-attached-route
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+spec:
+  gatewayClassName: "{GATEWAY_CLASS_NAME}"
+  listeners:
+  - name: http-unattached
+    port: 8080
+    protocol: HTTP
+    allowedRoutes:
+      kinds:
+      - kind: HTTPRoute
+      namespaces:
+        from: All
+  - name: http
+    port: 80
+    protocol: HTTP
+    allowedRoutes:
+      kinds:
+      - kind: HTTPRoute
+      namespaces:
+        from: All
+---
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: HTTPRoute
+metadata:
+  name: http-route-4
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+spec:
+  parentRefs:
+  - kind: Gateway
+    name: gateway-with-two-listeners-and-one-attached-route
+    namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+    sectionName: http
+  rules:
+  - backendRefs:
+    - name: infra-backend-v1
+      port: 8080