diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/test/filterchecks/evt.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/test/filterchecks/evt.cpp
index f4392b5645..8a8832de1f 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/test/filterchecks/evt.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/test/filterchecks/evt.cpp
@@ -96,3 +96,39 @@ TEST_F(sinsp_with_test_input, EVT_FILTER_check_evt_arg)
 	// All the args of an event
 	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.args"), "res=3 target=sym linkpath=/new/sym");
 }
+
+TEST_F(sinsp_with_test_input, EVT_FILTER_check_evt_arg_uid)
+{
+	add_default_init_thread();
+	open_inspector();
+
+	uint32_t user_id = 5;
+	std::string container_id = "";
+	auto evt = add_event_advance_ts(increasing_ts(), INIT_TID, PPME_SYSCALL_SETUID_E, 1, user_id);
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.type"), "setuid");
+
+	// The rawarg provides the field directly from the table.
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.rawarg.uid"), std::to_string(user_id));
+
+	// The `evt.arg.uid` tries to find a user in the user table, in this
+	// case the user table is empty.
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.arg.uid"), "<NA>");
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.arg[0]"), "<NA>");
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.args"), "uid=5(<NA>)");
+
+	// we are adding a user on the host so the `pid` parameter is not considered
+	ASSERT_TRUE(m_inspector.m_usergroup_manager.add_user(container_id, 0, user_id, 6, "test", "/test", "/bin/test"));
+
+	// Now we should have the necessary info
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.arg.uid"), "test");
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.arg[0]"), "test");
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.args"), "uid=5(test)");
+
+	// We remove the user, and the fields should be empty again
+	m_inspector.m_usergroup_manager.rm_user(container_id, user_id);
+	ASSERT_FALSE(m_inspector.m_usergroup_manager.get_user(container_id, user_id));
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.arg.uid"), "<NA>");
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.arg[0]"), "<NA>");
+	ASSERT_EQ(get_field_as_string(evt, "evt.args"), "uid=5(<NA>)");
+}