diff --git a/tests/e2e/integrations/liger.py b/tests/e2e/integrations/liger.py
index bb4574dff..c80389674 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/integrations/liger.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/integrations/liger.py
@@ -63,6 +63,51 @@ class LigerIntegrationTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         train(cfg=cfg, cli_args=cli_args, dataset_meta=dataset_meta)
         assert (Path(temp_dir) / "model.safetensors").exists()
 
+    @with_temp_dir
+    def test_llama_wo_flce2(self, temp_dir):
+        cfg = DictDefault(
+            {
+                "base_model": "JackFram/llama-68m",
+                "tokenizer_type": "LlamaTokenizer",
+                "plugins": [
+                    "axolotl.integrations.liger.LigerPlugin",
+                ],
+                "liger_rope": True,
+                "liger_rms_norm": True,
+                "liger_swiglu": True,
+                "liger_cross_entropy": True,
+                "liger_fused_linear_cross_entropy": False,
+                "sequence_len": 1024,
+                "val_set_size": 0.1,
+                "special_tokens": {
+                    "unk_token": "<unk>",
+                    "bos_token": "<s>",
+                    "eos_token": "</s>",
+                },
+                "datasets": [
+                    {
+                        "path": "mhenrichsen/alpaca_2k_test",
+                        "type": "alpaca",
+                    },
+                ],
+                "num_epochs": 1,
+                "micro_batch_size": 8,
+                "gradient_accumulation_steps": 1,
+                "output_dir": temp_dir,
+                "learning_rate": 0.00001,
+                "optimizer": "adamw_torch",
+                "lr_scheduler": "cosine",
+                "save_safetensors": True,
+                "bf16": "auto",
+            }
+        )
+        normalize_config(cfg)
+        cli_args = TrainerCliArgs()
+        dataset_meta = load_datasets(cfg=cfg, cli_args=cli_args)
+
+        train(cfg=cfg, cli_args=cli_args, dataset_meta=dataset_meta)
+        assert (Path(temp_dir) / "model.safetensors").exists()
+    
     @with_temp_dir
     def test_llama_w_flce(self, temp_dir):
         cfg = DictDefault(