diff --git a/tests/lib/generators/tokdl-result.txt b/tests/lib/generators/tokdl-result.txt
index ea48b7be..54360e52 100644
--- a/tests/lib/generators/tokdl-result.txt
+++ b/tests/lib/generators/tokdl-result.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+rootLevelChild 2
+rootLevelChild 1
 a 1
 argsAndProps 1 2 a=3
 b "string"
diff --git a/tests/lib/generators/tokdl.nix b/tests/lib/generators/tokdl.nix
index 7bb6dc8a..92e21c5d 100644
--- a/tests/lib/generators/tokdl.nix
+++ b/tests/lib/generators/tokdl.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
       { child = [ 2 ]; }
       { child = [ 1 ]; }
     ];
+    _children = [
+      { rootLevelChild = [ 2 ]; }
+      { rootLevelChild = [ 1 ]; }
+    ];
     extraAttrs = {
       _args = [
         2