diff --git a/bin/tests/system/addzone/ns1/named.conf.in b/bin/tests/system/addzone/ns1/named.conf.j2
similarity index 88%
rename from bin/tests/system/addzone/ns1/named.conf.in
rename to bin/tests/system/addzone/ns1/named.conf.j2
index 30731c46a6..c3302760ae 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/addzone/ns1/named.conf.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/addzone/ns1/named.conf.j2
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
  */
+{% set allownewzones = allownewzones | default(True) %}
 
 key rndc_key {
 	secret "1234abcd8765";
@@ -27,7 +28,11 @@ options {
 	listen-on-v6 { none; };
 	allow-transfer { any; };
 	allow-query { any; };
+{% if allownewzones %}
 	allow-new-zones yes;
+{% else %}
+	allow-new-zones no;
+{% endif %}
 	recursion no;
 	dnssec-validation no;
 };
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/addzone/setup.sh b/bin/tests/system/addzone/setup.sh
index b2227c16b2..b6e778f629 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/addzone/setup.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/addzone/setup.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ cp -f ns1/redirect.db.1 ns1/redirect.db
 cp -f ns2/redirect.db.1 ns2/redirect.db
 cp -f ns3/redirect.db.1 ns3/redirect.db
 
-copy_setports ns1/named.conf.in ns1/named.conf
 copy_setports ns2/named1.conf.in ns2/named.conf
 copy_setports ns3/named1.conf.in ns3/named.conf
 
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/addzone/tests_showzone_static.py b/bin/tests/system/addzone/tests_showzone_static.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6edaa497f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/addzone/tests_showzone_static.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+import pytest
+
+
+# Test that `rndc showzone` can print any zone, including those statically
+# defined in named.conf, and not only those added dynamically.
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "allow",
+    [
+        pytest.param(True, id="allow-new-zones-yes"),
+        pytest.param(False, id="allow-new-zones-no"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_showzone_static(ns1, templates, allow):
+    templates.render("ns1/named.conf", {"allownewzones": allow})
+    ns1.rndc("reload", log=False)
+    zoneconfig = ns1.rndc("showzone inlinesec.example", log=False)
+    assert (
+        zoneconfig
+        == 'zone "inlinesec.example" { type primary; file "inlinesec.db"; };\n'
+    )