diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f2a07efe..cebf6540 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2026-11-06  Mats Lidell  <matsl@gnu.org>
+
+* test/kotl-mode-tests.el (kotl-mode--insert-initial-tab-in-cell-row): New
+    test.
+
 2026-11-04  Mats Lidell  <matsl@gnu.org>
 
 * Makefile (verify-clean-test-run): Target that runs checks for left over
diff --git a/test/kotl-mode-tests.el b/test/kotl-mode-tests.el
index 5467735a..3700524d 100644
--- a/test/kotl-mode-tests.el
+++ b/test/kotl-mode-tests.el
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;; Author:       Mats Lidell <matsl@gnu.org>
 ;;
 ;; Orig-Date:    18-May-21 at 22:14:10
-;; Last-Mod:     17-Oct-26 at 02:56:46 by Bob Weiner
+;; Last-Mod:      7-Nov-26 at 00:19:59 by Mats Lidell
 ;;
 ;; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 ;;
@@ -1528,6 +1528,30 @@ marked with :ignore t")
                        "(kotl-mode:kill-region): Bad region or not within a single Koutline cell"
                        (cadr err))))))))))
 
+(ert-deftest kotl-mode--insert-initial-tab-in-cell-row ()
+  "Verify that a TAB can be inserted first in a cell row and also deleted."
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (let ((kotl-mode:emulate-tab t)
+          (kotl-mode:indent-tabs-mode t))
+      (save-window-excursion
+        (with-selected-window (display-buffer (current-buffer))
+          (kotl-mode)
+          (insert "1")
+          (kotl-mode:newline 1)
+          (insert "2")
+          (kotl-mode:beginning-of-line)
+          (execute-kbd-macro (kbd "TAB"))
+          (kotl-mode:beginning-of-line)
+          (should (looking-at-p "\t2"))
+
+          ;; Delete the tab. Verify it deletes to the left column in
+          ;; the cell
+          (let ((p (point)))
+            (kotl-mode:forward-char 1)
+            (execute-kbd-macro (kbd "<backspace>"))
+            (should (= p (point)))
+            (should (looking-at-p "2"))))))))
+
 (provide 'kotl-mode-tests)
 
 ;; This file can't be byte-compiled without the `el-mock' package