diff --git a/test/testnt.cpp b/test/testnt.cpp
index 131ee16b..1630e233 100644
--- a/test/testnt.cpp
+++ b/test/testnt.cpp
@@ -88,19 +88,27 @@ void testNTTable()
 
     auto top = nt::NTTable{}
             .add_column(TypeCode::Int32, "A", "Col A")
+            .add_column(TypeCode::String, "C", "Col C")
             .add_column(TypeCode::String, "B", "Col B")
             .create();
 
-    shared_array<const std::string> labels({"Col A", "Col B"});
+    shared_array<const std::string> labels({"Col A", "Col C", "Col B"});
     testArrEq(top["labels"].as<shared_array<const std::string>>(), labels);
     testTrue(top["value.A"].type()==TypeCode::Int32A);
     testTrue(top["value.B"].type()==TypeCode::StringA);
+
+    std::vector<std::string> names;
+    for(auto fld : top["value"].ichildren()) {
+        names.push_back(top.nameOf(fld));
+    }
+    shared_array<const std::string> expect({"value.A", "value.C", "value.B"});
+    testArrEq(shared_array<const std::string>(names.begin(), names.end()), expect);
 }
 
 } // namespace
 
 MAIN(testnt) {
-    testPlan(21);
+    testPlan(22);
     testNTScalar();
     testNTNDArray();
     testNTURI();