diff --git a/upstream_keepalive.t b/upstream_keepalive.t
index 5253bf6..af9b869 100644
--- a/upstream_keepalive.t
+++ b/upstream_keepalive.t
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # (C) Sergey Kandaurov
 # (C) Nginx, Inc.
 
-# Tests for upstream keepalive, keepalive_requests and keepalive_timeout.
+# Tests for upstream keepalive directives.
 
 ###############################################################################
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 select STDERR; $| = 1;
 select STDOUT; $| = 1;
 
-my $t = Test::Nginx->new()->has(qw/http proxy upstream_keepalive/)->plan(7)
+my $t = Test::Nginx->new()->has(qw/http proxy upstream_keepalive/)
 	->write_file_expand('nginx.conf', <<'EOF');
 
 %%TEST_GLOBALS%%
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
         keepalive_timeout 2s;
     }
 
+    upstream time {
+        server 127.0.0.1:8081;
+        keepalive 1;
+        keepalive_time 2s;
+    }
+
     server {
         listen       127.0.0.1:8080;
         server_name  localhost;
@@ -52,6 +58,10 @@
         location / {
             proxy_pass http://backend;
         }
+
+        location /time {
+            proxy_pass http://time/;
+        }
     }
 
     server {
@@ -67,11 +77,11 @@
 EOF
 
 $t->write_file('index.html', 'SEE-THIS');
-$t->run();
+$t->try_run('no keepalive_time')->plan(11);
 
 ###############################################################################
 
-my ($r, $n);
+my ($r, $n, $m);
 
 # keepalive_requests
 
@@ -82,12 +92,20 @@
 like(http_get('/'), qr/X-Connection: (?!$n).*SEE/ms, 'keepalive requests');
 http_get('/?close');
 
-# keepalive_timeout
+# keepalive_timeout, keepalive_time
 
 like($r = http_get('/'), qr/SEE-THIS/, 'request timer');
 $r =~ m/X-Connection: (\d+)/; $n = $1;
+like($r = http_get('/time'), qr/SEE-THIS/, 'request time');
+$r =~ m/X-Connection: (\d+)/; $m = $1;
+
 like(http_get('/'), qr/X-Connection: $n.*SEE/ms, 'keepalive timer');
+like(http_get('/time'), qr/X-Connection: $m.*SEE/ms, 'keepalive time');
+
 select undef, undef, undef, 2.5;
+
 like(http_get('/'), qr/X-Connection: (?!$n).*SEE/ms, 'keepalive timeout');
+like(http_get('/time'), qr/X-Connection: $m.*SEE/ms, 'keepalive time last');
+like(http_get('/time'), qr/X-Connection: (?!$m).*SEE/ms, 'keepalive time new');
 
 ###############################################################################