diff --git a/Tests/test_file_ppm.py b/Tests/test_file_ppm.py
index 68f2f9468..ca5347f0f 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_ppm.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_ppm.py
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ def test_16bit_pgm() -> None:
         assert_image_equal_tofile(im, "Tests/images/16_bit_binary_pgm.tiff")
 
 
+def test_p4_save(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    with Image.open("Tests/images/hopper_1bit.pbm") as im:
+        filename = tmp_path / "temp.pbm"
+        im.save(filename)
+        assert_image_equal_tofile(im, filename)
+
+
 def test_16bit_pgm_write(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     with Image.open("Tests/images/16_bit_binary.pgm") as im:
         filename = tmp_path / "temp.pgm"