diff --git a/lib/toolrunner-error-catcher.test.js b/lib/toolrunner-error-catcher.test.js
index 606679eb4..c4dd64d3b 100644
--- a/lib/toolrunner-error-catcher.test.js
+++ b/lib/toolrunner-error-catcher.test.js
@@ -23,6 +23,31 @@ ava_1.default("matchers are never applied if non-error exit", async (t) => {
     t.deepEqual(await exec.exec("node", testArgs), 0);
     t.deepEqual(await toolrunner_error_catcher_1.toolrunnerErrorCatcher("node", testArgs, matchers), 0);
 });
+ava_1.default("exit code matching is correctly handled", async (t) => {
+    const testArgs = buildDummyArgs("foo bar\\nblort qux", "foo bar\\nblort qux", "", 42);
+    const nonMatchers = [
+        {
+            exitCode: 123,
+            outputRegex: new RegExp("will not match"),
+            message: "custom message!",
+        },
+    ];
+    await t.throwsAsync(toolrunner_error_catcher_1.toolrunnerErrorCatcher("node", testArgs, nonMatchers), {
+        instanceOf: Error,
+        message: "The process 'node' failed with exit code 42",
+    });
+    const matchers = [
+        {
+            exitCode: 42,
+            outputRegex: new RegExp("will not match"),
+            message: "custom message!",
+        },
+    ];
+    await t.throwsAsync(toolrunner_error_catcher_1.toolrunnerErrorCatcher("node", testArgs, matchers), {
+        instanceOf: Error,
+        message: "custom message!",
+    });
+});
 ava_1.default("regex matchers are applied to stdout for non-zero exit code", async (t) => {
     const testArgs = buildDummyArgs("foo bar\\nblort qux", "", "", 1);
     const matchers = [
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diff --git a/src/toolrunner-error-catcher.test.ts b/src/toolrunner-error-catcher.test.ts
index 700e01ecc..35d28ead1 100644
--- a/src/toolrunner-error-catcher.test.ts
+++ b/src/toolrunner-error-catcher.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,41 @@ test("matchers are never applied if non-error exit", async (t) => {
   t.deepEqual(await toolrunnerErrorCatcher("node", testArgs, matchers), 0);
 });
 
+test("exit code matching is correctly handled", async (t) => {
+  const testArgs = buildDummyArgs(
+    "foo bar\\nblort qux",
+    "foo bar\\nblort qux",
+    "",
+    42
+  );
+
+  const nonMatchers: ErrorMatcher[] = [
+    {
+      exitCode: 123,
+      outputRegex: new RegExp("will not match"),
+      message: "custom message!",
+    },
+  ];
+
+  await t.throwsAsync(toolrunnerErrorCatcher("node", testArgs, nonMatchers), {
+    instanceOf: Error,
+    message: "The process 'node' failed with exit code 42",
+  });
+
+  const matchers: ErrorMatcher[] = [
+    {
+      exitCode: 42,
+      outputRegex: new RegExp("will not match"),
+      message: "custom message!",
+    },
+  ];
+
+  await t.throwsAsync(toolrunnerErrorCatcher("node", testArgs, matchers), {
+    instanceOf: Error,
+    message: "custom message!",
+  });
+});
+
 test("regex matchers are applied to stdout for non-zero exit code", async (t) => {
   const testArgs = buildDummyArgs("foo bar\\nblort qux", "", "", 1);