diff --git a/examples/sherpa/runall.sh b/examples/sherpa/runall.sh
index 3c16ec4..73c77ac 100644
--- a/examples/sherpa/runall.sh
+++ b/examples/sherpa/runall.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 echo 1.680000e+20 > swift/interval0pc.pi.nh
 
+coverage run -p test_auto_background.py || exit 7
+
 coverage run -p example_simplest.py || exit 1
 coverage run -p example_pcabackground.py || exit 2
 coverage run -p example_automatic_background_model.py || exit 3