diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 080467f..194cf0a 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
         sudo mknod "#{test_dir}/specials/block-device" b  3 60
         sudo mknod "#{test_dir}/specials/char-device"  c 14 40
         sudo mknod "#{test_dir}/specials/named-pipe"   p
+
+        sudo touch -t #{some_date} "#{test_dir}/specials/"*
     EOF
 
 
diff --git a/xtests/run.sh b/xtests/run.sh
index ac0cba4..d7625ff 100755
--- a/xtests/run.sh
+++ b/xtests/run.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ sudo -u cassowary $exa $testcases/permissions -lghR 2>&1 | diff -q - $results/pe
 
 # File types
 $exa $testcases/file-names-exts -1 2>&1 | diff -q - $results/file-names-exts  || exit 1
+$exa $testcases/specials        -l 2>&1 | diff -q - $results/specials         || exit 1
+$exa $testcases/specials     -F -l 2>&1 | diff -q - $results/specials_F       || exit 1
 
 
 # Ignores
diff --git a/xtests/specials b/xtests/specials
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..635f0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtests/specials
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+brw-r--r-- 0 root  1 Jan 12:34 block-device
+crw-r--r-- 0 root  1 Jan 12:34 char-device
+|rw-r--r-- 0 root  1 Jan 12:34 named-pipe
diff --git a/xtests/specials_F b/xtests/specials_F
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c5d3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtests/specials_F
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+brw-r--r-- 0 root  1 Jan 12:34 block-device
+crw-r--r-- 0 root  1 Jan 12:34 char-device
+|rw-r--r-- 0 root  1 Jan 12:34 named-pipe|