diff --git a/tests/Core/AllTests.php b/tests/Core/AllTests.php
index 36a98a9ba7..a9320e36aa 100644
--- a/tests/Core/AllTests.php
+++ b/tests/Core/AllTests.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 require_once 'File/GetMethodParametersTest.php';
 require_once 'File/GetMethodPropertiesTest.php';
 require_once 'File/IsReferenceTest.php';
+require_once 'Filters/Filter/AcceptTest.php';
 
 class AllTests
 {
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ public static function suite()
         $suite->addTestSuite('PHP_CodeSniffer\Tests\Core\File\GetMethodParametersTest');
         $suite->addTestSuite('PHP_CodeSniffer\Tests\Core\File\GetMethodPropertiesTest');
         $suite->addTestSuite('PHP_CodeSniffer\Tests\Core\File\IsReferenceTest');
+        $suite->addTestSuite('PHP_CodeSniffer\Tests\Core\Filters\Filter\AcceptTest');
         return $suite;
 
     }//end suite()
diff --git a/tests/Core/Filters/Filter/AcceptTest.inc b/tests/Core/Filters/Filter/AcceptTest.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5aea6d9c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Core/Filters/Filter/AcceptTest.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" name="PHP_CodeSniffer" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="phpcs.xsd">
+    <description>The coding standard for PHP_CodeSniffer itself.</description>
+
+    <rule ref="Generic">
+        <exclude-pattern>/anything/</exclude-pattern>
+    </rule>
+</ruleset>
diff --git a/tests/Core/Filters/Filter/AcceptTest.php b/tests/Core/Filters/Filter/AcceptTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4836afa1c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Core/Filters/Filter/AcceptTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Tests for the \PHP_CodeSniffer\Filters\Filter::accept method.
+ *
+ * @author    Willington Vega <wvega@wvega.com>
+ * @copyright 2006-2018 Squiz Pty Ltd (ABN 77 084 670 600)
+ * @license   https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt BSD Licence
+ */
+
+namespace PHP_CodeSniffer\Tests\Core\Filters\Filter;
+
+use PHP_CodeSniffer\Config;
+use PHP_CodeSniffer\Filters\Filter;
+use PHP_CodeSniffer\Ruleset;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class AcceptTest extends TestCase
+{
+
+
+    /**
+     * Test paths that include the name of a standard with associated
+     * exclude-patterns are still accepted.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testExcludePatternsForStandards()
+    {
+        $standard = __DIR__.'/'.basename(__FILE__, '.php').'.inc';
+        $config   = new Config(["--standard=$standard"]);
+        $ruleset  = new Ruleset($config);
+
+        $paths = ['/path/to/generic-project/src/Main.php'];
+
+        $fakeDI   = new \RecursiveArrayIterator($paths);
+        $filter   = new Filter($fakeDI, '/path/to/generic-project/src', $config, $ruleset);
+        $iterator = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator($filter);
+        $files    = [];
+
+        foreach ($iterator as $file) {
+            $files[] = $file;
+        }
+
+        $this->assertEquals($paths, $files);
+
+    }//end testExcludePatternsForStandards()
+
+
+}//end class