diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert.js b/test/parallel/test-assert.js
index fd2d8721299ac9..335f5f56800909 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert.js
@@ -835,6 +835,14 @@ common.expectsError(
 );
 
 {
+
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    assert.ok((() => Boolean('
' === false))());
+  }, {
+    message: 'The expression evaluated to a falsy value:\n\n' +
+             "  assert.ok((() => Boolean('\\u0001' === false))())\n"
+  });
+
   const errFn = () => {
     const err = new TypeError('Wrong value');
     err.code = 404;