diff --git a/t/chainlint.pl b/t/chainlint.pl
index 31c444067c..ba3fcb0c8e 100755
--- a/t/chainlint.pl
+++ b/t/chainlint.pl
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ sub match_ending {
 }
 
 my @safe_endings = (
-	[qr/^(?:&&|\|\||\|)$/],
+	[qr/^(?:&&|\|\||\||&)$/],
 	[qr/^(?:exit|return)$/, qr/^(?:\d+|\$\?)$/],
 	[qr/^(?:exit|return)$/, qr/^(?:\d+|\$\?)$/, qr/^;$/],
 	[qr/^(?:exit|return|continue)$/],
diff --git a/t/chainlint/chain-break-background.expect b/t/chainlint/chain-break-background.expect
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28f9114f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/chain-break-background.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+JGIT_DAEMON_PID= &&
+git init --bare empty.git &&
+> empty.git/git-daemon-export-ok &&
+mkfifo jgit_daemon_output &&
+{
+	jgit daemon --port="$JGIT_DAEMON_PORT" . > jgit_daemon_output &
+	JGIT_DAEMON_PID=$!
+} &&
+test_expect_code 2 git ls-remote --exit-code git://localhost:$JGIT_DAEMON_PORT/empty.git
diff --git a/t/chainlint/chain-break-background.test b/t/chainlint/chain-break-background.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e10f656b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/chainlint/chain-break-background.test
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+JGIT_DAEMON_PID= &&
+git init --bare empty.git &&
+>empty.git/git-daemon-export-ok &&
+mkfifo jgit_daemon_output &&
+{
+# LINT: exit status of "&" is always 0 so &&-chaining immaterial
+	jgit daemon --port="$JGIT_DAEMON_PORT" . >jgit_daemon_output &
+	JGIT_DAEMON_PID=$!
+} &&
+test_expect_code 2 git ls-remote --exit-code git://localhost:$JGIT_DAEMON_PORT/empty.git