diff --git a/test/test_cli.py b/test/test_cli.py
index 188d9706a1..d28c391cb0 100644
--- a/test/test_cli.py
+++ b/test/test_cli.py
@@ -516,3 +516,49 @@ def test_SBOM(self, caplog):
             logging.INFO,
             "There are 1 products with known CVEs detected",
         ) in caplog.record_tuples
+
+    def test_console_output_depending_reportlab_existence(self, caplog):
+        from importlib.machinery import ModuleSpec
+        from importlib.util import module_from_spec
+
+        my_test_filename = os.path.join(self.tempdir, "reportlab_test_report.pdf")
+
+        if os.path.exists(my_test_filename):
+            os.remove(my_test_filename)
+
+        pkg_to_spoof = "reportlab"
+        not_installed_msg = "PDF output not available. Default to console."
+        execution = [
+            "cve-bin-tool",
+            "-f",
+            "pdf",
+            "-o",
+            my_test_filename,
+            os.path.join(self.tempdir, CURL_7_20_0_RPM),
+        ]
+
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO):
+            main(execution)
+
+        assert (
+            "cve_bin_tool",
+            logging.INFO,
+            not_installed_msg,
+        ) in caplog.record_tuples
+
+        caplog.clear()
+
+        if os.path.exists(my_test_filename):
+            os.remove(my_test_filename)
+
+        ms = ModuleSpec(pkg_to_spoof, "surelyanotexistentmodule")
+        m = module_from_spec(ms)
+        sys.modules[pkg_to_spoof] = m
+
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO):
+            main(execution)
+        assert (
+            "cve_bin_tool",
+            logging.INFO,
+            not_installed_msg,
+        ) not in caplog.record_tuples