diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/TestSceneCatchPlayerLegacySkin.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/TestSceneCatchPlayerLegacySkin.cs
index 64695153b5..a0b6b6dbe1 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/TestSceneCatchPlayerLegacySkin.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests/TestSceneCatchPlayerLegacySkin.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Testing;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Skinning.Legacy;
+using osu.Game.Skinning;
 using osu.Game.Tests.Visual;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
@@ -9,6 +15,38 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Tests
     [TestFixture]
     public class TestSceneCatchPlayerLegacySkin : LegacySkinPlayerTestScene
     {
-        protected override Ruleset CreatePlayerRuleset() => new CatchRuleset();
+        [Test]
+        public void TestUsingLegacySkin()
+        {
+            // check for the existence of a random legacy component to ensure using legacy skin.
+            // this should exist in LegacySkinPlayerTestScene but the weird transformer logic below needs to be "fixed" or otherwise first.
+            AddAssert("using legacy skin", () => this.ChildrenOfType<LegacyScoreCounter>().Any());
+        }
+
+        protected override Ruleset CreatePlayerRuleset() => new TestCatchRuleset();
+
+        private class TestCatchRuleset : CatchRuleset
+        {
+            public override ISkin CreateLegacySkinProvider(ISkinSource source, IBeatmap beatmap) => new TestCatchLegacySkinTransformer(source);
+        }
+
+        private class TestCatchLegacySkinTransformer : CatchLegacySkinTransformer
+        {
+            public TestCatchLegacySkinTransformer(ISkinSource source)
+                : base(source)
+            {
+            }
+
+            public override Drawable GetDrawableComponent(ISkinComponent component)
+            {
+                var drawable = base.GetDrawableComponent(component);
+                if (drawable != null)
+                    return drawable;
+
+                // it shouldn't really matter whether to return null or return this,
+                // but returning null skips over the beatmap skin, so this needs to exist to test things properly.
+                return Source.GetDrawableComponent(component);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }