diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_cpanm.yaml b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_cpanm.yaml
index ff4bd9c0f7e..14e03dc3616 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_cpanm.yaml
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_cpanm.yaml
@@ -357,3 +357,29 @@
         cpanm (App::cpanminus) version 1.7047 (/usr/local/bin/cpanm)
         perl version 5.041005 (/usr/local/bin/perl)
       err: ""
+- id: install_dancer_with_recommends
+  input:
+    name: Dancer2
+    install_recommendations: true
+    version: "1.1.2"
+  output:
+    changed: true
+  mocks:
+    run_command:
+    - command: [/testbin/cpanm, --version]
+      environ: *env-def-true
+      rc: 0
+      out: |
+        cpanm (App::cpanminus) version 1.7047 (/usr/local/bin/cpanm)
+        perl version 5.041005 (/usr/local/bin/perl)
+      err: ""
+    - command: [/testbin/perl, -le, 'use Dancer;']
+      environ: *env-def-false
+      rc: 0
+      out: ""
+      err: ""
+    - command: [/testbin/perl, -le, 'use Unicode::UTF8;']
+      environ: *env-def-false
+      rc: 0
+      out: ""
+      err: ""