diff --git a/tests/unittests/torture_config.c b/tests/unittests/torture_config.c
index b21efad0..aa4bfd2d 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/torture_config.c
+++ b/tests/unittests/torture_config.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern LIBSSH_THREAD int ssh_log_level;
 #define ID_FILE "/etc/xxx"
 #define KEXALGORITHMS "ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1"
 #define HOSTKEYALGORITHMS "ssh-ed25519,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-rsa"
+#define PUBKEYACCEPTEDTYPES "rsa-sha2-512,ssh-rsa,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521"
 #define MACS "hmac-sha1,hmac-sha2-256"
 #define USER_KNOWN_HOSTS "%d/my_known_hosts"
 #define GLOBAL_KNOWN_HOSTS "/etc/ssh/my_ssh_known_hosts"
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ static int setup_config_files(void **state)
                        "\n\nIdentityFile "ID_FILE"\n"
                        "\n\nKexAlgorithms "KEXALGORITHMS"\n"
                        "\n\nHostKeyAlgorithms "HOSTKEYALGORITHMS"\n"
+                       "\n\nPubkeyAcceptedTypes "PUBKEYACCEPTEDTYPES"\n"
                        "\n\nMACs "MACS"\n");
 
     /* Multiple Port settings -> parsing returns early. */
@@ -161,6 +163,8 @@ static void torture_config_from_file(void **state) {
 
     assert_string_equal(session->opts.wanted_methods[SSH_HOSTKEYS], HOSTKEYALGORITHMS);
 
+    assert_string_equal(session->opts.pubkey_accepted_types, PUBKEYACCEPTEDTYPES);
+
     assert_string_equal(session->opts.wanted_methods[SSH_MAC_C_S], MACS);
     assert_string_equal(session->opts.wanted_methods[SSH_MAC_S_C], MACS);
 }