diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Database/DatabaseLegacyTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Database/DatabaseLegacyTest.php
index 391ca1a9bd..becc74e001 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Database/DatabaseLegacyTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Database/DatabaseLegacyTest.php
@@ -437,6 +437,15 @@ public function testDbOptionsTarget() {
     $this->assertNotNull($this->connection->query('SELECT * FROM {test}', [], ['target' => 'bar']));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests deprecation of the $options 'target' key in Select.
+   *
+   * @expectedDeprecation Passing a 'target' key to \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection::query $options argument is deprecated in Drupal 8.0.x and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0. Instead, use \Drupal\Core\Database\Database::getConnection($target)->query(). See https://www.drupal.org/node/2993033.
+   */
+  public function testDbOptionsTargetInSelect() {
+    $this->assertNotNull($this->connection->select('test', 't', ['target' => 'bar'])->fields('t')->execute());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Tests deprecation of the db_query_temporary() function.
    *