diff --git a/test/compose/select-display-columns/enabled b/test/compose/select-display-columns/enabled
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..704f6e2a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compose/select-display-columns/enabled
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+[ $(echo -n "😄😊😉😍" | wc -m) == 4 ] && locale | grep LC_CTYPE | grep -qi 'utf-*8'