diff --git a/src/test-jdk14/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/records/RecordBasicsTest.java b/src/test-jdk14/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/records/RecordBasicsTest.java
index c2dfb3261d..109648aea0 100644
--- a/src/test-jdk14/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/records/RecordBasicsTest.java
+++ b/src/test-jdk14/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/records/RecordBasicsTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ record EmptyRecord() { }
 
     record SimpleRecord(int id, String name) { }
 
+    private record PrivateTextRecord(String text) { }
+
     record RecordOfRecord(SimpleRecord record) { }
 
     record RecordWithRename(int id, @JsonProperty("rename")String name) { }
@@ -95,6 +97,18 @@ public void testDeserializeSimpleRecord() throws Exception {
                 MAPPER.readValue("{\"id\":123,\"name\":\"Bob\"}", SimpleRecord.class));
     }
 
+    public void testSerializePrivateTextRecord() throws Exception {
+        PrivateTextRecord textRecord = new PrivateTextRecord("anything");
+        String json = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(textRecord);
+        final Object EXP = Collections.singletonMap("text", "anything");
+        assertEquals(EXP, MAPPER.readValue(json, Object.class));
+    }
+
+    public void testDeserializePrivateTextRecord() throws Exception {
+        assertEquals(new PrivateTextRecord("anything"),
+                MAPPER.readValue("{\"text\":\"anything\"}", PrivateTextRecord.class));
+    }
+
     public void testSerializeEmptyRecord() throws Exception {
         assertEquals("{}", MAPPER.writeValueAsString(new EmptyRecord()));
     }