diff --git a/t/pt-table-sync/sync_using_channels.t b/t/pt-table-sync/sync_using_channels.t
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+BEGIN {
+   die "The PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH environment variable is not set.\n"
+      unless $ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH} && -d $ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH};
+   unshift @INC, "$ENV{PERCONA_TOOLKIT_BRANCH}/lib";
+};
+
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use English qw(-no_match_vars);
+use Test::More;
+
+use PerconaTest;
+use Sandbox;
+require "$trunk/bin/pt-table-sync";
+
+my $dp = new DSNParser(opts=>$dsn_opts);
+my $sb = new Sandbox(basedir => '/tmp', DSNParser => $dp);
+my $master_dbh = $sb->get_dbh_for('master');
+my $slave_dbh  = $sb->get_dbh_for('slave1'); 
+
+if ( !$master_dbh ) {
+   plan skip_all => 'Cannot connect to sandbox master';
+}
+elsif ( !$slave_dbh ) {
+   plan skip_all => 'Cannot connect to sandbox slave';
+} elsif ($sandbox_version lt '5.7') {
+   plan skip_all => 'Only on MySQL 5.7+';
+} else {
+   plan tests => 2;
+}
+
+my ($master1_dbh, $master1_dsn) = $sb->start_sandbox(
+   server => 'chan_master1',
+   type   => 'master',
+);
+my ($master2_dbh, $master2_dsn) = $sb->start_sandbox(
+   server => 'chan_master2',
+   type   => 'master',
+);
+my ($slave1_dbh, $slave1_dsn) = $sb->start_sandbox(
+   server => 'chan_slave1',
+   type   => 'master',
+);
+my $slave1_port = $sb->port_for('chan_slave1');
+
+$sb->load_file('chan_master1', "sandbox/gtid_on.sql", undef, no_wait => 1);
+$sb->load_file('chan_master2', "sandbox/gtid_on.sql", undef, no_wait => 1);
+$sb->load_file('chan_slave1', "sandbox/slave_channels.sql", undef, no_wait => 1);
+                                                          
+my @args = qw(--execute --no-foreign-key-checks --verbose --databases=sakila --tables=actor --sync-to-master --channel=masterchan1);
+my $exit_status;
+
+my $output = output(
+   sub { $exit_status = pt_table_sync::main(@args, $slave1_dsn) },
+   stderr => 1,
+);
+
+like (
+    $output,
+    qr/sakila.actor/,
+    'Synced actor table'
+);
+
+$sb->stop_sandbox(qw(chan_master1 chan_master2 chan_slave1));
+
+
+# #############################################################################
+# Done.
+# #############################################################################
+$sb->wipe_clean($master_dbh);
+ok($sb->ok(), "Sandbox servers") or BAIL_OUT(__FILE__ . " broke the sandbox");
+exit;