diff --git a/test/sharness/t0100-name.sh b/test/sharness/t0100-name.sh
index 7dbaa7f7988b..163320f0752d 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0100-name.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0100-name.sh
@@ -114,5 +114,26 @@ test_expect_success "empty request to name publish doesn't panic and returns err
 
 test_kill_ipfs_daemon
 
+# Test daemon in offline mode
+test_launch_ipfs_daemon --offline
+
+test_expect_success "'ipfs name publish' fails offline mode" '
+  PEERID=`ipfs id --format="<id>"` &&
+  test_check_peerid "${PEERID}" &&
+  test_expect_code 1 ipfs name publish "/ipfs/$HASH_WELCOME_DOCS/help"
+'
+
+test_expect_success "'ipfs name publish --allow-offline ' succeed offline mode" '
+  PEERID=`ipfs id --format="<id>"` &&
+  test_check_peerid "${PEERID}" &&
+  ipfs name publish --allow-offline "/ipfs/$HASH_WELCOME_DOCS/help" >publish_out
+'
+
+test_expect_success "publish a path looks good" '
+  echo "Published to ${PEERID}: /ipfs/$HASH_WELCOME_DOCS/help" >expected3 &&
+  test_cmp expected3 publish_out
+'
+
+test_kill_ipfs_daemon
 
 test_done