diff --git a/tests/fate/filter-video.mak b/tests/fate/filter-video.mak
index e4bdf59db9..95b199a106 100644
--- a/tests/fate/filter-video.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/filter-video.mak
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH_VIDEO_FILTER-$(call ALLYES, SCALE_FILTER FORMAT_FILTER PERMS_
 fate-filter-edgedetect: CMD = video_filter "scale,format=gray,perms=random,edgedetect" -frames:v 20
 fate-filter-edgedetect-colormix: CMD = video_filter "scale,format=gbrp,perms=random,edgedetect=mode=colormix" -frames:v 20
 
+FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH_VIDEO_FILTER-$(CONFIG_MEDIAN_FILTER) += fate-filter-median
+fate-filter-median: CMD = video_filter "median=radius=5"
+
 FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH_VIDEO_FILTER-$(call ALLYES, PERMS_FILTER HUE_FILTER) += fate-filter-hue1 fate-filter-hue2 fate-filter-hue3
 fate-filter-hue1: CMD = video_filter "perms=random,hue=s=sin(2*PI*t)+1" -frames:v 20
 fate-filter-hue2: CMD = video_filter "perms=random,hue=h=18*n" -frames:v 20
diff --git a/tests/ref/fate/filter-median b/tests/ref/fate/filter-median
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22dfaba576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/fate/filter-median
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+median              8754a3715917ff8b20ff520c4bb4370c