diff --git a/src/browser/renderer/dom/DomRendererRowFactory.test.ts b/src/browser/renderer/dom/DomRendererRowFactory.test.ts
index 5a374b14..7c48cce8 100644
--- a/src/browser/renderer/dom/DomRendererRowFactory.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/renderer/dom/DomRendererRowFactory.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { IBufferLine } from 'common/Types';
 import { CellData } from 'common/buffer/CellData';
 import { MockCoreService, MockDecorationService, MockOptionsService } from 'common/TestUtils.test';
 import { css } from 'common/Color';
-import { MockCharacterJoinerService, MockSelectionService } from 'browser/TestUtils.test';
+import { MockCharacterJoinerService } from 'browser/TestUtils.test';
 
 describe('DomRendererRowFactory', () => {
   let dom: jsdom.JSDOM;
@@ -245,6 +245,26 @@ describe('DomRendererRowFactory', () => {
         );
       });
     });
+
+    describe('selectionForeground', () => {
+      it('should force selected cells with content to be rendered above the background', () => {
+        lineData.setCell(0, CellData.fromCharData([DEFAULT_ATTR, 'a', 1, 'a'.charCodeAt(0)]));
+        lineData.setCell(1, CellData.fromCharData([DEFAULT_ATTR, 'b', 1, 'b'.charCodeAt(0)]));
+        rowFactory.onSelectionChanged([1, 0], [2, 0], false);
+        const fragment = rowFactory.createRow(lineData, 0, false, undefined, 0, false, 5, 20);
+        assert.equal(getFragmentHtml(fragment),
+          '<span>a</span><span class="xterm-decoration-top">b</span>'
+        );
+      });
+      it('should force whitespace cells to be rendered above the background', () => {
+        lineData.setCell(1, CellData.fromCharData([DEFAULT_ATTR, 'a', 1, 'a'.charCodeAt(0)]));
+        rowFactory.onSelectionChanged([0, 0], [2, 0], false);
+        const fragment = rowFactory.createRow(lineData, 0, false, undefined, 0, false, 5, 20);
+        assert.equal(getFragmentHtml(fragment),
+          '<span class="xterm-decoration-top"> </span><span class="xterm-decoration-top">a</span>'
+        );
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   function getFragmentHtml(fragment: DocumentFragment): string {