diff --git a/tests/test_meta_entity.py b/tests/test_meta_entity.py
index f9caac672f38310b313b0a601b489658a7dbc7a2..58646e4cdbd3f729eddf13221f95328f9193124c 100644
--- a/tests/test_meta_entity.py
+++ b/tests/test_meta_entity.py
@@ -165,3 +165,7 @@ def test_which_accounts_required_on(hook, account, required):
         assert errors
         assert any(error.message == "{} missing entity".format(account)
                    for error in errors)
+
+def test_not_required_on_opening(hook):
+    txn = testutil.Transaction.opening_balance()
+    assert not list(hook.run(txn))