diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Selection/SelectionModelTests_Single.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Selection/SelectionModelTests_Single.cs
index 668af3b5d7..1b629be695 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Selection/SelectionModelTests_Single.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Selection/SelectionModelTests_Single.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
+using System.Linq;
 using Avalonia.Collections;
 using Avalonia.Controls.Selection;
 using Avalonia.Controls.Utils;
@@ -1144,6 +1145,24 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests.Selection
                 Assert.Equal(new[] { "foo" }, target.SelectedItems);
                 Assert.Equal(0, target.AnchorIndex);
             }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void SelectedItems_Indexer_Is_Correct()
+            {
+                // Issue #7974
+                var target = CreateTarget();
+                var raised = 0;
+
+                target.SelectionChanged += (s, e) =>
+                {
+                    Assert.Equal("bar", e.SelectedItems.First());
+                    Assert.Equal("bar", e.SelectedItems[0]);
+                    ++raised;
+                };
+
+                target.Select(1);
+                Assert.Equal(1, raised);
+            }
         }
 
         public class BatchUpdate