diff --git a/tokio/tests/thread_pool.rs b/tokio/tests/thread_pool.rs
index e65f873c3..169c04fc8 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/thread_pool.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/thread_pool.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 thread_local!(static FOO: Cell<u32> = Cell::new(0));
 
+#[test]
+fn single_thread() {
+    // No panic when starting a runtime w/ a single thread
+    let _ = Builder::new().num_threads(1).build();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn shutdown_drops_futures() {
     for _ in 0..1_000 {