diff --git a/pkg/e2e/compose_up_test.go b/pkg/e2e/compose_up_test.go
index f96e7f0b7..738d60449 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/compose_up_test.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/compose_up_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
+	"gotest.tools/v3/icmd"
 )
 
 func TestUpWait(t *testing.T) {
@@ -45,3 +46,13 @@ func TestUpWait(t *testing.T) {
 
 	c.RunDockerComposeCmd(t, "--project-name", projectName, "down")
 }
+
+func TestUpExitCodeFrom(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewParallelCLI(t)
+	const projectName = "e2e-exit-code-from"
+
+	res := c.RunDockerComposeCmdNoCheck(t, "-f", "fixtures/start-fail/start-depends_on-long-lived.yaml", "--project-name", projectName, "up", "--exit-code-from=test")
+	res.Assert(t, icmd.Expected{ExitCode: 137})
+
+	c.RunDockerComposeCmd(t, "--project-name", projectName, "down", "--remove-orphans")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/fixtures/start-fail/start-depends_on-long-lived.yaml b/pkg/e2e/fixtures/start-fail/start-depends_on-long-lived.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58dda2017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/e2e/fixtures/start-fail/start-depends_on-long-lived.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+services:
+  safe:
+    image: 'alpine'
+    command: ['/bin/sh', '-c', 'sleep infinity']  # never exiting
+  failure:
+    image: 'alpine'
+    command: ['/bin/sh', '-c', 'sleep 2 ; echo "exiting" ; exit 42']
+  test:
+    image: 'alpine'
+    command: ['/bin/sh', '-c', 'sleep 99999 ; echo "tests are OK"']  # very long job
+    depends_on: [safe]