diff --git a/Tests/ttx/ttx_test.py b/Tests/ttx/ttx_test.py
index 4d9372deb..ad55f4ea7 100644
--- a/Tests/ttx/ttx_test.py
+++ b/Tests/ttx/ttx_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
 from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+from fontTools.misc.testTools import parseXML
 from fontTools import ttx
 import getopt
 import os
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ class TTXTest(unittest.TestCase):
         shutil.copy2(font_path, temppath)
         return temppath
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def read_file(file_path):
+        with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            return f.readlines()
+
 # -----
 # Tests
 # -----
@@ -123,6 +129,31 @@ class TTXTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 (os.path.join(self.tempdir, file_names[i]),
                  os.path.join(self.tempdir, file_names[i].split('.')[0] + extensions[i])))
 
+    def test_parseOptions_split_tables(self):
+        file_name = 'TestTTF.ttf'
+        font_path = self.getpath(file_name)
+        temp_path = self.temp_font(font_path, file_name)
+        args = ['-s', temp_path]
+        jobs, options = ttx.parseOptions(args)
+        ttx_file_path = jobs[0][2]
+        temp_folder = os.path.dirname(ttx_file_path)
+        self.assertTrue(options.splitTables)
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(ttx_file_path))
+        ttx.process(jobs, options)
+        # Read the TTX file but strip the first two and the last lines:
+        # <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        # <ttFont sfntVersion="\x00\x01\x00\x00" ttLibVersion="3.22">
+        # ...
+        # </ttFont>
+        parsed_xml = parseXML(self.read_file(ttx_file_path)[2:-1])
+        for item in parsed_xml:
+            if isinstance(item, tuple):
+                # the tuple looks like this:
+                # (u'head', {u'src': u'TestTTF._h_e_a_d.ttx'}, [])
+                table_file_name = item[1].get('src')
+                table_file_path = os.path.join(temp_folder, table_file_name)
+                self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(table_file_path))
+
     def test_guessFileType_ttf(self):
         file_name = 'TestTTF.ttf'
         font_path = self.getpath(file_name)