diff --git a/test/lib/test-lib.sh b/test/lib/test-lib.sh
index b052554f6..54bdd6821 100644
--- a/test/lib/test-lib.sh
+++ b/test/lib/test-lib.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@ test_wait_output_n_lines_60_sec() {
 	test_cmp "expected_waitn" "actual_waitn"
 }
 
+test_launch_ipfs_daemon() {
+
+	test_expect_success FUSE "'ipfs daemon' succeeds" '
+		ipfs daemon >actual &
+	'
+
+	test_expect_success FUSE "'ipfs daemon' output looks good" '
+		IPFS_PID=$! &&
+		echo "daemon listening on /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5001" >expected &&
+		test_cmp_repeat_10_sec expected actual
+	'
+}
+
 test_launch_ipfs_mount() {
 
 	test_expect_success "ipfs init succeeds" '
@@ -64,15 +77,7 @@ test_launch_ipfs_mount() {
 		ipfs config Mounts.IPNS "$(pwd)/ipns"
 	'
 
-	test_expect_success FUSE "'ipfs daemon' succeeds" '
-		ipfs daemon >actual &
-	'
-
-	test_expect_success FUSE "'ipfs daemon' output looks good" '
-		IPFS_PID=$! &&
-		echo "daemon listening on /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5001" >expected &&
-		test_cmp_repeat_10_sec expected actual
-	'
+	test_launch_ipfs_daemon
 
 	test_expect_success FUSE "'ipfs mount' succeeds" '
 		ipfs mount >actual
diff --git a/test/t0030-mount.sh b/test/t0030-mount.sh
index 7cc46938d..88e747598 100755
--- a/test/t0030-mount.sh
+++ b/test/t0030-mount.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,21 @@ test_launch_ipfs_mount
 
 test_kill_ipfs_mount
 
+test_expect_success "mount directories can be removed" '
+	rmdir ipfs ipns
+'
+
+test_launch_ipfs_daemon
+
+test_expect_failure "'ipfs mount' fails when no mount dir (issue #341)" '
+	test_must_fail ipfs mount >actual
+'
+
+test_expect_failure "'ipfs mount' looks good when it fails (issue #341)" '
+	! grep "IPFS mounted at" actual &&
+	! grep "IPNS mounted at" actual
+'
+
+test_kill_ipfs_mount
+
 test_done