diff --git a/tests/test_functions/show.fish b/tests/test_functions/show.fish
index 8fe8e1888..bbf6c04cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_functions/show.fish
+++ b/tests/test_functions/show.fish
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ function show --no-scope-shadowing
         if set -q $v
             set -l c (count $$v)
             printf '$%s count=%d\n' $v $c
-            for i in (seq $c)
-                printf '$%s[%d]=|%s|\n' $v $i $$v[1][$i]
+            # This test is to work around a bogosity of the BSD `seq` command. If called with
+            # `seq 0` it emits `1`, `0`. Whereas that GNU version outputs nothing.
+            if test $c -gt 0
+                for i in (seq $c)
+                    printf '$%s[%d]=|%s|\n' $v $i $$v[1][$i]
+                end
             end
         else
             echo \$$v is not set