diff --git a/tests/integration/test_podman_compose_extends_w_empty_service.py b/tests/integration/test_podman_compose_extends_w_empty_service.py
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+++ b/tests/integration/test_podman_compose_extends_w_empty_service.py
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+import os
+import unittest
+
+from tests.integration.test_podman_compose import podman_compose_path
+from tests.integration.test_podman_compose import test_path
+from tests.integration.test_utils import RunSubprocessMixin
+
+
+def compose_yaml_path():
+    return os.path.join(os.path.join(test_path(), "extends_w_empty_service"), "docker-compose.yml")
+
+
+class TestComposeExtendsWithEmptyService(unittest.TestCase, RunSubprocessMixin):
+    def test_extends_w_empty_service(self):
+        try:
+            self.run_subprocess_assert_returncode(
+                [
+                    podman_compose_path(),
+                    "-f",
+                    compose_yaml_path(),
+                    "up",
+                ],
+            )
+            output, _ = self.run_subprocess_assert_returncode([
+                podman_compose_path(),
+                "-f",
+                compose_yaml_path(),
+                "ps",
+            ])
+            self.assertIn("extends_w_empty_service_web_1", str(output))
+        finally:
+            self.run_subprocess_assert_returncode([
+                podman_compose_path(),
+                "-f",
+                compose_yaml_path(),
+                "down",
+            ])
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_podman_compose_extends_w_file.py b/tests/integration/test_podman_compose_extends_w_file.py
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+++ b/tests/integration/test_podman_compose_extends_w_file.py
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+import os
+import unittest
+
+from tests.integration.test_podman_compose import podman_compose_path
+from tests.integration.test_podman_compose import test_path
+from tests.integration.test_utils import RunSubprocessMixin
+
+
+def compose_yaml_path():
+    return os.path.join(os.path.join(test_path(), "extends_w_empty_service"), "docker-compose.yml")
+
+
+class TestComposeExtedsWithEmptyService(unittest.TestCase, RunSubprocessMixin):
+    def test_extends_w_empty_service(self):
+        try:
+            self.run_subprocess_assert_returncode(
+                [
+                    podman_compose_path(),
+                    "-f",
+                    compose_yaml_path(),
+                    "up",
+                ],
+            )
+            output, _ = self.run_subprocess_assert_returncode([
+                podman_compose_path(),
+                "-f",
+                compose_yaml_path(),
+                "ps",
+            ])
+            self.assertIn("extends_w_empty_service_web_1", str(output))
+        finally:
+            self.run_subprocess_assert_returncode([
+                podman_compose_path(),
+                "-f",
+                compose_yaml_path(),
+                "down",
+            ])