diff --git a/test/test_simplesqlite.py b/test/test_simplesqlite.py
index 74ccb25..ac70ce5 100644
--- a/test/test_simplesqlite.py
+++ b/test/test_simplesqlite.py
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ def test_normal_con(self, mode):
         assert con.database_path
         assert con.connection
 
+    def test_normal_connect_kwargs(self, tmpdir):
+        p = tmpdir.join("test.sqlite3")
+        db_path = str(p)
+        con = SimpleSQLite(db_path, timeout=10)
+        assert con.database_path is None
+        assert con.connection
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         ["value", "mode", "expected"],
         [