diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_hmac_drbg.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_hmac_drbg.function
index 0882696d0..d9a365d0f 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_hmac_drbg.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_hmac_drbg.function
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ void hmac_drbg_no_reseed( int md_alg,
                           char *add1_hex, char *add2_hex,
                           char *output_hex )
 {
+    unsigned char data[1024];
     unsigned char entropy[512];
     unsigned char custom[512];
     unsigned char add1[512];
@@ -174,6 +175,21 @@ void hmac_drbg_no_reseed( int md_alg,
     p_entropy.p = entropy;
 
     TEST_ASSERT( ( md_info = md_info_from_type( md_alg ) ) != NULL );
+
+    /* Test the simplified buffer-based variant */
+    memcpy( data, entropy, p_entropy.len );
+    memcpy( data + p_entropy.len, custom, custom_len );
+    TEST_ASSERT( hmac_drbg_init_buf( &ctx, md_info,
+                                     data, p_entropy.len + custom_len ) == 0 );
+    TEST_ASSERT( hmac_drbg_random_with_add( &ctx, my_output, out_len,
+                                            add1, add1_len ) == 0 );
+    TEST_ASSERT( hmac_drbg_random_with_add( &ctx, my_output, out_len,
+                                            add2, add2_len ) == 0 );
+    hmac_drbg_free( &ctx );
+
+    TEST_ASSERT( memcmp( my_output, output, out_len ) == 0 );
+
+    /* And now the normal entropy-based variant */
     TEST_ASSERT( hmac_drbg_init( &ctx, md_info, entropy_func, &p_entropy,
                                  custom, custom_len ) == 0 );
     TEST_ASSERT( hmac_drbg_random_with_add( &ctx, my_output, out_len,
@@ -183,6 +199,7 @@ void hmac_drbg_no_reseed( int md_alg,
     hmac_drbg_free( &ctx );
 
     TEST_ASSERT( memcmp( my_output, output, out_len ) == 0 );
+
 }
 /* END_CASE */