diff --git a/tests/fate/ffmpeg.mak b/tests/fate/ffmpeg.mak
index 8199f81b36..0a9a4b6142 100644
--- a/tests/fate/ffmpeg.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/ffmpeg.mak
@@ -118,3 +118,9 @@ fate-ffmpeg-bsf-remove-e: CMD = transcode "mpeg" $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/mpeg2/matrixb
 
 
 FATE_SAMPLES_FFMPEG-yes += $(FATE_STREAMCOPY-yes)
+
+FATE_TIME_BASE-$(call ALLYES, MPEGPS_DEMUXER MXF_MUXER) += fate-time_base
+fate-time_base: $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/mpeg2/dvd_single_frame.vob
+fate-time_base: CMD = md5 -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/mpeg2/dvd_single_frame.vob -an -sn -c:v copy -r 25 -time_base 1001:30000 -fflags +bitexact -f mxf
+
+FATE_SAMPLES_FFMPEG-yes += $(FATE_TIME_BASE-yes)
diff --git a/tests/ref/fate/time_base b/tests/ref/fate/time_base
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eec4b21aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/fate/time_base
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ef9896ce045941607782e895aea930b6