diff --git a/src/tests/tabbed.cpp b/src/tests/tabbed.cpp
index 0e8432811..40f4a4098 100644
--- a/src/tests/tabbed.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/tabbed.cpp
@@ -393,4 +393,6 @@ TEST_CASE("Tabbed") {
     CHECK(0 == strcmp(tname, nctab_name(t1)));
     nctabbed_destroy(nt);
   }
+
+  CHECK(0 == notcurses_stop(nc_));
 }