diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/styles/building-symbolizer-opacity.xml b/tests/visual_tests/styles/building-symbolizer-opacity.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6db1c611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/styles/building-symbolizer-opacity.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<Map srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs" 
+  background-color="green"
+  background-image="../../data/images/checker.jpg"
+  background-image-opacity=".5"
+  background-image-comp-op="soft-light"
+  >
+    <Style name="ellipse">
+        <Rule>
+            <BuildingSymbolizer fill="white" fill-opacity=".5" />
+        </Rule>
+    </Style>
+
+    <Layer name="layer" srs="+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs">
+        <StyleName>ellipse</StyleName>
+        <Datasource>
+            <Parameter name="type">csv</Parameter>
+            <Parameter name="file">../data/marker-multi-policy.csv</Parameter>
+        </Datasource>
+    </Layer>
+    
+</Map>
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diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/test.py b/tests/visual_tests/test.py
index c383b05e6..38615ea48 100755
--- a/tests/visual_tests/test.py
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/test.py
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ files = {
     'style-level-compositing-tiled-0,1':{'sizes':[(512,512)],'bbox':merc_z1_bboxes['0,1']},
     'style-level-compositing-tiled-1,1':{'sizes':[(512,512)],'bbox':merc_z1_bboxes['1,1']},
     'marker-path-expression':{},
-    'map-background-image-compositing':{'sizes':[(512,512)]}
+    'map-background-image-compositing':{'sizes':[(512,512)]},
+    'building-symbolizer-opacity':{'sizes':[(512,512)]},
     }
 
 class Reporting: