diff --git a/tests/ca/bin/test-ca-certs.sh b/tests/ca/bin/test-ca-certs.sh
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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# list certs in CA
+pki ca-cert-find | tee /tmp/certs.txt
+
+# get the number of certs returned
+sed -n "s/^\(\S*\) entries found$/\1/p" /tmp/certs.txt > /tmp/certs.count
+
+# by default there should be 6 certs initially
+echo 6 > /tmp/expected
+diff /tmp/certs.count /tmp/expected