diff --git a/tests/auto/timeline/timelinemodel/tst_timelinemodel.cpp b/tests/auto/timeline/timelinemodel/tst_timelinemodel.cpp
index c253503d9a6..7080d11bbaa 100644
--- a/tests/auto/timeline/timelinemodel/tst_timelinemodel.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/timeline/timelinemodel/tst_timelinemodel.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ private slots:
     void insertStartEnd();
     void rowCount();
     void prevNext();
+    void parentingOfEqualStarts();
 };
 
 DummyModel::DummyModel(int modelId) :
@@ -443,6 +444,22 @@ void tst_TimelineModel::prevNext()
     QCOMPARE(dummy.prevItemByTypeId(-1, 10, 5), 4);
 }
 
+void tst_TimelineModel::parentingOfEqualStarts()
+{
+    DummyModel dummy;
+    // Trick it so that it cannot reorder the events and has to parent them in the "wrong" way ...
+    QCOMPARE(dummy.insert(1, 10, 998), 0);
+    QCOMPARE(dummy.insertStart(1, 999), 1);
+    dummy.insertEnd(1, 20);
+    dummy.computeNesting();
+
+    // .. which is reflected in the resulting order.
+    QCOMPARE(dummy.selectionId(0), 998);
+    QCOMPARE(dummy.selectionId(1), 999);
+    QCOMPARE(dummy.firstIndex(10), 0);
+    QCOMPARE(dummy.lastIndex(2), 1);
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_TimelineModel)
 
 #include "tst_timelinemodel.moc"