diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_get_file_attributes.py b/test/units/module_utils/basic/test_get_file_attributes.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright:
+#   (c) 2017, Pierre-Louis Bonicoli <pierre-louis@libregerbil.fr>
+# License: GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from itertools import product
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+import pytest
+
+
+DATA = (
+    (
+        '3353595900 --------------e---- /usr/lib32',
+        {'attr_flags': 'e', 'version': '3353595900', 'attributes': ['extents']}
+    ),
+    # with e2fsprogs < 1.43, output isn't aligned
+    (
+        '78053594 -----------I--e---- /usr/lib',
+        {'attr_flags': 'Ie', 'version': '78053594', 'attributes': ['indexed', 'extents']}
+    ),
+    (
+        '15711607 -------A------e---- /tmp/test',
+        {'attr_flags': 'Ae', 'version': '15711607', 'attributes': ['noatime', 'extents']}
+    ),
+    # with e2fsprogs >= 1.43, output is aligned
+    (
+        '78053594   -----------I--e---- /usr/lib',
+        {'attr_flags': 'Ie', 'version': '78053594', 'attributes': ['indexed', 'extents']}
+    ),
+    (
+        '15711607   -------A------e---- /tmp/test',
+        {'attr_flags': 'Ae', 'version': '15711607', 'attributes': ['noatime', 'extents']}
+    ),
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('stdin, data', product(({},), DATA), indirect=['stdin'])
+def test_get_file_attributes(am, stdin, mocker, data):
+    # Test #18731
+    mocker.patch.object(AnsibleModule, 'get_bin_path', return_value=(0, '/usr/bin/lsattr', ''))
+    mocker.patch.object(AnsibleModule, 'run_command', return_value=(0, data[0], ''))
+    result = am.get_file_attributes('/path/to/file')
+    for key, value in data[1].items():
+        assert key in result and result[key] == value