diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/failmanagertestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/failmanagertestcase.py
index fb9d30b1..fb452b01 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/failmanagertestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/failmanagertestcase.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class AddFailure(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.assertEqual(
 			ticket_repr,
 			'FailTicket: ip=193.168.0.128 time=1167605999.0 #attempts=5 matches=[]')
+		self.assertFalse(ticket == False)
 		# and some get/set-ers otherwise not tested
 		ticket.setTime(1000002000.0)
 		self.assertEqual(ticket.getTime(), 1000002000.0)