diff --git a/tests/end2end/data/darkmode/prefers-color-scheme.html b/tests/end2end/data/darkmode/prefers-color-scheme.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1feb84d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/end2end/data/darkmode/prefers-color-scheme.html
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8">
+        <title>Prefers colorscheme test</title>
+        <style>
+body {
+    background: #aa0000;
+}
+#dark-text {
+    display: none;
+}
+#light-text {
+    display: none;
+}
+#no-preference-text {
+    display: none;
+}
+
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+    body {
+        background: #222222;
+        color: #ffffff;
+    }
+    #dark-text {
+        display: inline;
+    }
+    #missing-support-text {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}
+
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
+    body {
+        background: #dddddd;
+    }
+    #light-text {
+        display: inline;
+    }
+    #missing-support-text {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}
+
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: no-preference) {
+    body {
+        background: #00aa00;
+    }
+    #no-preference-text {
+        display: inline;
+    }
+    #missing-support-text {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}
+        </style>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <p id="dark-text">Dark preference detected.</p>
+        <p id="light-text">Light preference detected.</p>
+        <p id="no-preference-text">No preference detected.</p>
+        <p id="missing-support-text">Preference support missing.</p>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py b/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py
index fb2badf14..7daebd765 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py
+++ b/tests/end2end/test_invocations.py
@@ -436,8 +436,9 @@ def test_preferred_colorscheme(request, quteproc_new):
     ]
     quteproc_new.start(args)
 
-    quteproc_new.send_cmd(':jseval matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches')
-    quteproc_new.wait_for(message='True')
+    quteproc_new.open_path('data/darkmode/prefers-color-scheme.html')
+    content = quteproc_new.get_content()
+    assert content == "Dark preference detected."
 
 
 @pytest.mark.qtwebkit_skip
