diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-internal-headernames-getter.js b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-internal-headernames-getter.js
index 4a56a1301050b5..2d8238066e0cd4 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-internal-headernames-getter.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-internal-headernames-getter.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 
 const { OutgoingMessage } = require('http');
+const assert = require('assert');
 
 const warn = 'OutgoingMessage.prototype._headerNames is deprecated';
 common.expectWarning('DeprecationWarning', warn, 'DEP0066');
@@ -11,3 +12,12 @@ common.expectWarning('DeprecationWarning', warn, 'DEP0066');
   const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();
   outgoingMessage._headerNames; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-expressions
 }
+
+{
+  // Tests _headerNames getter result after setting a header.
+  const outgoingMessage = new OutgoingMessage();
+  outgoingMessage.setHeader('key', 'value');
+  const expect = Object.create(null);
+  expect.key = 'key';
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(outgoingMessage._headerNames, expect);
+}