--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+test_description="locking"
+. ./test-lib.sh || exit 1
+
+if [ "${NOTMUCH_HAVE_XAPIAN_DB_RETRY_LOCK}" = "0" ]; then
+ test_subtest_missing_external_prereq_["lock retry support"]=t
+fi
+
+add_email_corpus
+
+test_begin_subtest "blocking open"
+test_C ${MAIL_DIR} <<'EOF'
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <notmuch-test.h>
+
+void
+taggit (notmuch_database_t *db, const char *tag)
+{
+ notmuch_message_t *message;
+
+ EXPECT0 (notmuch_database_find_message (db, "4EFC743A.3060609@april.org", &message));
+ if (message == NULL) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "unable to find message");
+ exit (1);
+ }
+
+ EXPECT0 (notmuch_message_add_tag (message, tag));
+ notmuch_message_destroy (message);
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ pid_t child;
+ const char *path = argv[1];
+
+ child = fork ();
+ if (child == -1) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "fork failed\n");
+ exit (1);
+ }
+
+ if (child == 0) {
+ notmuch_database_t *db2;
+
+ sleep (1);
+ EXPECT0 (notmuch_database_open (path, NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE, &db2));
+ taggit (db2, "child");
+ EXPECT0 (notmuch_database_close (db2));
+ } else {
+ notmuch_database_t *db;
+
+ EXPECT0 (notmuch_database_open (path, NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE, &db));
+ taggit (db, "parent");
+ sleep (2);
+ EXPECT0 (notmuch_database_close (db));
+ wait (NULL);
+ }
+}
+
+EOF
+notmuch search --output=tags id:4EFC743A.3060609@april.org >> OUTPUT
+cat <<'EOF' >EXPECTED
+== stdout ==
+== stderr ==
+child
+inbox
+parent
+unread
+EOF
+test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
+
+test_done