diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-trace/archives b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-trace/archives
index fab959b6e9..22150643ad 100644
--- a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-trace/archives
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-trace/archives
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 _/src/init
 _/src/top
 _/src/test-trace
+_/src/sequence
diff --git a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-trace/runtime b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-trace/runtime
index f17ed6448f..6ab434391e 100644
--- a/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-trace/runtime
+++ b/repos/os/recipes/pkg/test-trace/runtime
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<events>
 		<timeout meaning="failed" sec="30" />
-		<log meaning="succeeded">child "test-trace" exited with exit value 0</log>
+		<log meaning="succeeded">child "sequence" exited with exit value 0</log>
 		<log meaning="failed">Error: </log>
 	</events>
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 		<rom label="ld.lib.so"/>
 		<rom label="top"/>
 		<rom label="test-trace"/>
+		<rom label="sequence"/>
 		<rom label="null"/>
 	</content>
 
@@ -31,11 +32,30 @@
 		<default-route>
 			<any-service> <parent/> <any-child/> </any-service>
 		</default-route>
-		<default caps="100"/>
-		<start name="test-trace">
-			<resource name="RAM" quantum="10M"/>
+		<default caps="200"/>
+		<start name="sequence">
+			<resource name="RAM" quantum="15M"/>
 			<config>
-				<trace_policy label="init -> dynamic -> test-trace -> test-trace" module="null" />
+				<start name="test-trace">
+					<resource name="RAM" quantum="10M"/>
+					<config>
+						<trace_policy label="init -> dynamic -> test-trace -> sequence -> test-trace" thread="test-thread" module="null" />
+					</config>
+				</start>
+
+				<start name="test-trace">
+					<resource name="RAM" quantum="10M"/>
+					<config>
+						<trace_policy label="init -> dynamic -> test-trace -> top" thread="ep" module="null" />
+					</config>
+				</start>
+
+				<start name="test-trace">
+					<resource name="RAM" quantum="10M"/>
+					<config>
+						<trace_policy label="init -> dynamic -> test-trace -> top" thread="ep" module="null" />
+					</config>
+				</start>
 			</config>
 		</start>
 		<start name="top">
diff --git a/repos/os/src/test/trace/main.cc b/repos/os/src/test/trace/main.cc
index 3e810859d4..22b24f9721 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/test/trace/main.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/test/trace/main.cc
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ struct Test_tracing
 	typedef Genode::String<64> String;
 	String policy_label  { };
 	String policy_module { };
+	String policy_thread { };
 
 	Rom_dataspace_capability  policy_module_rom_ds { };
 
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ struct Test_tracing
 			Xml_node policy = config.xml().sub_node("trace_policy");
 			policy.attribute("label").value(policy_label);
 			policy.attribute("module").value(policy_module);
+			policy.attribute("thread").value(policy_thread);
 
 			Rom_connection policy_rom(env, policy_module.string());
 			policy_module_rom_ds = policy_rom.dataspace();
@@ -281,12 +283,20 @@ struct Test_tracing
 
 		for_each_subject(subjects, num_subjects, print_info);
 
+		auto check_untraced = [this] (Trace::Subject_id id, Trace::Subject_info info) {
+
+			if (info.state() != Trace::Subject_info::UNTRACED)
+				error("Subject ", id.id, " is not UNTRACED");
+		};
+
+		for_each_subject(subjects, num_subjects, check_untraced);
+
 		/* enable tracing for test-thread */
 		auto enable_tracing = [this, &env] (Trace::Subject_id id,
 		                                    Trace::Subject_info info) {
 
 			if (   info.session_label() != policy_label
-			    || info.thread_name()   != "test-thread") {
+			    || info.thread_name()   != policy_thread) {
 				return;
 			}
 
@@ -320,7 +330,7 @@ struct Test_tracing
 			log("passed Tracing test");
 		}
 		else
-			error("Thread '", thread_name, "' not found for session ", policy_label);
+			error("Thread '", policy_thread, "' not found for session ", policy_label);
 	}
 };