diff --git a/tests/integration/exec.bats b/tests/integration/exec.bats
index 069214cc956..9cfcaf1d886 100644
--- a/tests/integration/exec.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/exec.bats
@@ -322,3 +322,16 @@ function check_exec_debug() {
 	runc exec --cgroup second test_busybox grep -w second /proc/self/cgroup
 	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }
+
+@test "RUNC_DMZ=legacy runc exec [execve error]" {
+	cat <<EOF >rootfs/run.sh
+#!/mmnnttbb foo bar
+sh
+EOF
+	chmod +x rootfs/run.sh
+	RUNC_DMZ=legacy runc run -d --console-socket "$CONSOLE_SOCKET" test_busybox
+	RUNC_DMZ=legacy runc exec -t test_busybox /run.sh
+	[ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+	[ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
+	[[ ${lines[0]} = *"exec failed: unable to start container process: exec /run.sh: no such file or directory"* ]]
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/run.bats b/tests/integration/run.bats
index f6bd3c86500..2c885f7803a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/run.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/run.bats
@@ -230,3 +230,16 @@ function teardown() {
 	grep -E '^monotonic\s+7881\s+2718281$' <<<"$output"
 	grep -E '^boottime\s+1337\s+3141519$' <<<"$output"
 }
+
+@test "RUNC_DMZ=legacy runc run [execve error]" {
+	cat <<EOF >rootfs/run.sh
+#!/mmnnttbb foo bar
+sh
+EOF
+	chmod +x rootfs/run.sh
+	update_config '.process.args = [ "/run.sh" ]'
+	RUNC_DMZ=legacy runc run test_hello
+	[ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+	[ ${#lines[@]} -eq 1 ]
+	[[ ${lines[0]} = "exec /run.sh: no such file or directory" ]]
+}