diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02922_server_exit_code.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02922_server_exit_code.reference
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+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02922_server_exit_code.reference
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+Ok
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02922_server_exit_code.sh b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02922_server_exit_code.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Tags: no-fasttest
+
+CURDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
+# shellcheck source=../shell_config.sh
+. "$CURDIR"/../shell_config.sh
+
+# We will check that the server's exit code corresponds to the exception code if it was terminated after exception.
+# In this example, we provide an invalid path to the server's config, ignore its logs and check the exit code.
+# The exception code is 400 = CANNOT_STAT, so the exit code will be 400 % 256.
+
+${CLICKHOUSE_SERVER_BINARY} -- --path /dev/null 2>/dev/null; [[ "$?" == "$((400 % 256))" ]] && echo 'Ok' || echo 'Fail'