diff --git a/tests/backup.py b/tests/backup.py
index 66bc5d32..77787bd3 100644
--- a/tests/backup.py
+++ b/tests/backup.py
@@ -2859,6 +2859,57 @@ class BackupTest(ProbackupTest, unittest.TestCase):
         # Clean after yourself
         self.del_test_dir(module_name, fname)
 
+    # @unittest.skip("skip")
+    def test_issue_289(self):
+        """
+        https://github.com/postgrespro/pg_probackup/issues/289
+        """
+        fname = self.id().split('.')[3]
+        node = self.make_simple_node(
+            base_dir=os.path.join(module_name, fname, 'node'),
+            initdb_params=['--data-checksums'])
+
+        backup_dir = os.path.join(self.tmp_path, module_name, fname, 'backup')
+        self.init_pb(backup_dir)
+        self.add_instance(backup_dir, 'node', node)
+#        self.set_archiving(backup_dir, 'node', node)
+
+#        os.rmdir(
+#            os.path.join(backup_dir, "wal", "node"))
+
+        node.slow_start()
+
+        try:
+            self.backup_node(
+                backup_dir, 'node', node,
+                backup_type='page', options=['--archive-timeout=10s'])
+            # we should die here because exception is what we expect to happen
+            self.assertEqual(
+                1, 0,
+                "Expecting Error because full backup is missing"
+                "\n Output: {0} \n CMD: {1}".format(
+                    repr(self.output), self.cmd))
+        except ProbackupException as e:
+            self.assertNotIn(
+                "INFO: Wait for WAL segment",
+                e.message,
+                "\n Unexpected Error Message: {0}\n CMD: {1}".format(
+                    repr(e.message), self.cmd))
+
+            self.assertIn(
+                "ERROR: Create new full backup before an incremental one",
+                e.message,
+                "\n Unexpected Error Message: {0}\n CMD: {1}".format(
+                    repr(e.message), self.cmd))
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.show_pb(backup_dir, 'node')[0]['status'], "ERROR")
+
+        exit(1)
+
+        # Clean after yourself
+        self.del_test_dir(module_name, fname)
+
     @unittest.skip("skip")
     def test_issue_203(self):
         """