diff --git a/tests/Sanity/annocheck-silently-ignores-any-file-parameter/main.fmf b/tests/Sanity/annocheck-silently-ignores-any-file-parameter/main.fmf
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+summary: Test for BZ#1973981 (annocheck silently ignores any file parameter)
+description: |
+    Bug summary: annocheck silently ignores any file parameter beyond 256
+    Bugzilla link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973981
+contact: Martin Cermak <mcermak@redhat.com>
+component:
+- annobin
+test: ./runtest.sh
+framework: beakerlib
+recommend:
+- annobin
+duration: 48h
+link:
+-   relates: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973981
+extra-summary: /tools/annobin/Sanity/annocheck-silently-ignores-any-file-parameter
+extra-task: /tools/annobin/Sanity/annocheck-silently-ignores-any-file-parameter
diff --git a/tests/Sanity/annocheck-silently-ignores-any-file-parameter/runtest.sh b/tests/Sanity/annocheck-silently-ignores-any-file-parameter/runtest.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# vim: dict+=/usr/share/beakerlib/dictionary.vim cpt=.,w,b,u,t,i,k
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+#
+#   runtest.sh of /tools/annobin/Sanity/annocheck-silently-ignores-any-file-parameter
+#   Description: Test for BZ#1973981 (annocheck silently ignores any file parameter)
+#   Author: Martin Cermak <mcermak@redhat.com>
+#
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+#   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+#   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+#   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of
+#   the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
+#   useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+#   warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+#   PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+#
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+# Include Beaker environment
+. /usr/share/beakerlib/beakerlib.sh || exit 1
+
+PACKAGE="annobin"
+
+rlJournalStart
+    rlPhaseStartSetup
+        rlRun "TMP=$(mktemp -d)"
+        rlRun "pushd $TMP"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartTest
+        for i in `seq 0 299`; do touch ${i}.sample; done
+        samplecnt=$(ls *.sample | wc -l)
+        testcnt=$(ls *.sample | \
+                  xargs annocheck |& \
+                  fgrep '.sample: is not an ELF format file' | wc -l)
+        rlRun "test $samplecnt -eq 300"
+        rlRun "test $testcnt -eq 300"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlPhaseStartCleanup
+        rlRun "popd"
+        rlRun "rm -r $TMP"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+rlJournalPrintText
+rlJournalEnd