diff --git a/test/antispam_tests.erl b/test/antispam_tests.erl
index f6f589c0d..d56ac53cd 100644
--- a/test/antispam_tests.erl
+++ b/test/antispam_tests.erl
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ single_cases() ->
       single_test(block_domain_in_vhost),
       single_test(unblock_domain_in_vhost2),
       single_test(jid_cache),
-      single_test(rtbl_domains)]}.
+      single_test(rtbl_domains),
+      single_test(rtbl_domains_whitelisted)]}.
 
 %%%===================================================================
 
@@ -200,6 +201,46 @@ rtbl_domains(Config) ->
     {result, _} = mod_pubsub:delete_node(RTBLHost, RTBLDomainsNode, Owner),
     disconnect(Config).
 
+rtbl_domains_whitelisted(Config) ->
+    Host = ?config(server, Config),
+    RTBLHost =
+        jid:to_string(
+            suite:pubsub_jid(Config)),
+    RTBLDomainsNode = <<"spam_source_domains">>,
+    OldOpts = gen_mod:get_module_opts(Host, mod_antispam),
+    NewOpts =
+        maps:merge(OldOpts, #{rtbl_host => RTBLHost, rtbl_domains_node => RTBLDomainsNode}),
+    Owner = jid:make(?config(user, Config), ?config(server, Config), <<>>),
+    {result, _} =
+        mod_pubsub:create_node(RTBLHost,
+                               ?config(server, Config),
+                               RTBLDomainsNode,
+                               Owner,
+                               <<"flat">>),
+    {result, _} =
+        mod_pubsub:publish_item(RTBLHost,
+                                ?config(server, Config),
+                                RTBLDomainsNode,
+                                Owner,
+                                <<"whitelisted.domain">>,
+                                [xmpp:encode(#ps_item{id = <<"whitelisted.domain">>,
+                                                      sub_els = []})]),
+    mod_antispam:reload(Host, OldOpts, NewOpts),
+    {result, _} =
+        mod_pubsub:publish_item(RTBLHost,
+                                ?config(server, Config),
+                                RTBLDomainsNode,
+                                Owner,
+                                <<"yetanother.domain">>,
+                                [xmpp:encode(#ps_item{id = <<"yetanother.domain">>,
+                                                      sub_els = []})]),
+    ?retry(100, 10, ?match(true, (has_spam_domain(<<"yetanother.domain">>))(Host))),
+    %% we assume that the previous "whitelisted.domain" pubsub item has been consumed by now, so we
+    %% can check that it doesn't exist
+    ?match(false, (has_spam_domain(<<"whitelisted.domain">>))(Host)),
+    {result, _} = mod_pubsub:delete_node(RTBLHost, RTBLDomainsNode, Owner),
+    disconnect(Config).
+
 %%%===================================================================
 %%% Internal functions
 %%%===================================================================
diff --git a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mnesia.yml b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mnesia.yml
index c8585e6e4..80f4da81c 100644
--- a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mnesia.yml
+++ b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mnesia.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ define_macro:
         spam_jids_file: spam_jids.txt
         spam_domains_file: spam_domains.txt
         spam_urls_file: spam_urls.txt
+        whitelist_domains_file: whitelist_domains.txt
       mod_blocking: []
       mod_caps:
         db_type: internal
diff --git a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.redis.yml b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.redis.yml
index cdbc905bd..14737b17c 100644
--- a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.redis.yml
+++ b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.redis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ define_macro:
         spam_jids_file: spam_jids.txt
         spam_domains_file: spam_domains.txt
         spam_urls_file: spam_urls.txt
+        whitelist_domains_file: whitelist_domains.txt
       mod_blocking: []
       mod_caps:
         db_type: internal
diff --git a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/whitelist_domains.txt b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/whitelist_domains.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b953fb7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/whitelist_domains.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+whitelisted.domain
diff --git a/test/suite.erl b/test/suite.erl
index 62b442580..7bc27e913 100644
--- a/test/suite.erl
+++ b/test/suite.erl
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ init_config(Config) ->
     copy_file(Config, "spam_jids.txt"),
     copy_file(Config, "spam_urls.txt"),
     copy_file(Config, "spam_domains.txt"),
+    copy_file(Config, "whitelist_domains.txt"),
     {ok, MacrosContentTpl} = file:read_file(MacrosPathTpl),
     Password = <<"password!@#$%^&*()'\"`~<>+-/;:_=[]{}|\\">>,
     Backends = get_config_backends(),