diff --git a/command/state_list_test.go b/command/state_list_test.go
index 0edb97d69..86c4f7194 100644
--- a/command/state_list_test.go
+++ b/command/state_list_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package command
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/copy"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
 )
 
@@ -35,6 +37,35 @@ func TestStateList(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestStateList_backendState(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a temporary working directory that is empty
+	td := tempDir(t)
+	copy.CopyDir(testFixturePath("state-list-backend"), td)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(td)
+	defer testChdir(t, td)()
+
+	p := testProvider()
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	c := &StateListCommand{
+		Meta: Meta{
+			ContextOpts: testCtxConfig(p),
+			Ui:          ui,
+		},
+	}
+
+	args := []string{}
+	if code := c.Run(args); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %d\n\n%s", code, ui.ErrorWriter.String())
+	}
+
+	// Test that outputs were displayed
+	expected := "null_resource.a\n"
+	actual := ui.OutputWriter.String()
+	if actual != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected:\n%q\n\nTo equal: %q", actual, expected)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStateList_noState(t *testing.T) {
 	tmp, cwd := testCwd(t)
 	defer testFixCwd(t, tmp, cwd)
diff --git a/command/test-fixtures/state-list-backend/.terraform/terraform.tfstate b/command/test-fixtures/state-list-backend/.terraform/terraform.tfstate
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..073bd7a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/test-fixtures/state-list-backend/.terraform/terraform.tfstate
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    "version": 3,
+    "serial": 0,
+    "lineage": "666f9301-7e65-4b19-ae23-71184bb19b03",
+    "backend": {
+        "type": "local",
+        "config": {
+            "path": "local-state.tfstate"
+        },
+        "hash": 9073424445967744180
+    },
+    "modules": [
+        {
+            "path": [
+                "root"
+            ],
+            "outputs": {},
+            "resources": {},
+            "depends_on": []
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/command/test-fixtures/state-list-backend/local-state.tfstate b/command/test-fixtures/state-list-backend/local-state.tfstate
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc10b3cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/test-fixtures/state-list-backend/local-state.tfstate
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+    "version": 3,
+    "terraform_version": "0.8.2",
+    "serial": 7,
+    "lineage": "configuredUnchanged",
+    "modules": [
+        {
+            "path": [
+                "root"
+            ],
+            "outputs": {},
+            "resources": {
+                "null_resource.a": {
+                    "type": "null_resource",
+                    "depends_on": [],
+                    "primary": {
+                        "id": "5416263284413907707",
+                        "attributes": {
+                            "id": "5416263284413907707"
+                        },
+                        "meta": {},
+                        "tainted": false
+                    },
+                    "deposed": [],
+                    "provider": ""
+                }
+            },
+            "depends_on": []
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/command/test-fixtures/state-list-backend/main.tf b/command/test-fixtures/state-list-backend/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca1bd3921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/test-fixtures/state-list-backend/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+terraform {
+    backend "local" {
+        path = "local-state.tfstate"
+    }
+}