diff --git a/command/meta_test.go b/command/meta_test.go
index ca53d13b82..51f3b49290 100644
--- a/command/meta_test.go
+++ b/command/meta_test.go
@@ -363,6 +363,15 @@ func TestMeta_process(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
+	// Regular tfvars files will not be autoloaded
+	fileIgnored := "ignored.tfvars"
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(
+		filepath.Join(d, fileIgnored),
+		[]byte(""),
+		0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
 
 	m := new(Meta)
 	args := []string{}
@@ -371,6 +380,10 @@ func TestMeta_process(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	if len(args) != 6 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 6 args, got %v", args)
+	}
+
 	if args[0] != "-var-file-default" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %q, got %q", "-var-file-default", args[0])
 	}