diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/binary b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/binary
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e76a66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/binary
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+%PDF
+
+hello
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml
index 4587740..22ecd95 100644
--- a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 bin.name = "typos"
-args = "file.ignore ignore/file parent/ignore/file --force-exclude"
+args = "file.ignore ignore/file parent/ignore/file binary --force-exclude"
 stdin = ""
-stdout = ""
+stdout = """
+error: `hello` should be `goodbye`
+  --> binary:3:1
+  |
+3 | hello
+  | ^^^^^
+  |
+"""
 stderr = ""
+status.code = 2