diff --git a/nix/tests/vm/lib/komorebi_vm/core/scenarios/maximizing.py b/nix/tests/vm/lib/komorebi_vm/core/scenarios/maximizing.py
index 6aa038a9..58379ada 100644
--- a/nix/tests/vm/lib/komorebi_vm/core/scenarios/maximizing.py
+++ b/nix/tests/vm/lib/komorebi_vm/core/scenarios/maximizing.py
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ def run(platform: Platform, checks: Checks, clients: list[Client]) -> None:
 
 # What is asked of the layout, which a maximized window is not in: none of it does anything. Not in
 # the list, because komorebi for Windows does not ignore them either: `toggle-float`, which floats
-# the maximized window (`user` ends with it), and `stack left` and `stack right`, which stack the
-# tiles that are left.
+# the maximized window (`user` ends with it), `stack left` and `stack right`, which stack the tiles
+# that are left, and `toggle-monocle`, which turns the monocle of the tiles that are left on while
+# the window stays maximized (`user` has it too).
 IGNORED = (
     "move left",
     "move right",
@@ -70,7 +71,6 @@ IGNORED = (
     "unstack",
     "cycle-move next",
     "promote",
-    "toggle-monocle",
     "resize-edge left increase",
     "send-to-workspace 1",
     "move-to-workspace 1",
@@ -135,6 +135,34 @@ def user(platform: Platform, checks: Checks, clients: list[Client]) -> None:
         containers() == count - 1 and workspace.floating == [] and workspace.monocle is None,
     )
 
+    # `toggle-monocle` is not ignored: the monocle of the tiles that are left comes on and goes off,
+    # and the window stays maximized, as on komorebi for Windows
+    platform.komorebic("toggle-monocle")
+    checks.check(
+        "toggle-monocle turns the monocle of the tiles that are left on, and the window stays"
+        " maximized",
+        platform.wait_for(
+            lambda: (
+                platform.state().workspace().monocle is not None and maximized() == target.title
+            ),
+            timeout=20,
+        )
+        and fills(target),
+    )
+    platform.komorebic("toggle-monocle")
+    checks.check(
+        "... and again turns it off, with the window still maximized",
+        platform.wait_for(
+            lambda: (
+                platform.state().workspace().monocle is None
+                and maximized() == target.title
+                and containers() == count - 1
+            ),
+            timeout=20,
+        )
+        and fills(target),
+    )
+
     platform.komorebic("toggle-maximize")
     checks.check(
         f"toggle-maximize restores it: nothing is maximized and {target.title} is in its tile",
diff --git a/nix/tests/vm/lib/tests/fake_platform.py b/nix/tests/vm/lib/tests/fake_platform.py
index 1cc79884..0be9d2ca 100644
--- a/nix/tests/vm/lib/tests/fake_platform.py
+++ b/nix/tests/vm/lib/tests/fake_platform.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ ASKED_OF_THE_LAYOUT = (
     "unstack",
     "cycle-move",
     "promote",
-    "toggle-monocle",
     "resize-edge",
     "send-to-workspace",
     "move-to-workspace",
diff --git a/nix/tests/vm/lib/tests/test_moved.py b/nix/tests/vm/lib/tests/test_moved.py
index 45571a2a..675bd9d6 100644
--- a/nix/tests/vm/lib/tests/test_moved.py
+++ b/nix/tests/vm/lib/tests/test_moved.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ def test_a_daemon_that_takes_up_a_maximize_passes_user_maximize() -> None:
     base = checks.passed
     maximizing.user(platform, checks, clients)
     assert checks.failed == 0, checks.failures
-    assert checks.passed - base == 10
+    assert checks.passed - base == 12
 
 
 def test_a_daemon_that_obeys_commands_when_maximized_fails_user_maximize() -> None: