diff --git a/cron/config/file.sls b/cron/config/file.sls
index 56fc6b8..83270e6 100644
--- a/cron/config/file.sls
+++ b/cron/config/file.sls
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cron.{{ task }}:
 {%- endfor %}
 
 {%- for env, env_options in cron.get('env', {}). items() %}
-{%- set env_type = env_options.type|d('present') %}
+{%-   set env_type = env_options.type|d('present') %}
 
 cron.{{ env }}:
   cron.env_{{ env_type }}:
diff --git a/cron/saltcheck-tests/config/file.tst b/cron/saltcheck-tests/config/file.tst
index 23f0a16..527f10f 100644
--- a/cron/saltcheck-tests/config/file.tst
+++ b/cron/saltcheck-tests/config/file.tst
@@ -45,3 +45,15 @@ validate_cron.{{ task }}_{{ section }}:
 {%-   endif %}
 
 {%- endfor %}
+
+{%- for env, env_options in cron.get('env', {}). items() %}
+{%-   set env_type = env_options.type|d('present') %}
+
+validate_cron.{{ env }}_{{ env_type }}:
+  module_and_function: cron.raw_cron
+  args:
+    - {{ env_options.user|d('root') }}
+  assertion: {{ 'assertNotIn' if env_type == 'absent' else 'assertIn' }}
+  expected-return: '{{ env_options.name }}={{ env_options.value }}'
+
+{%- endfor %}
diff --git a/test/salt/pillar/cron.sls b/test/salt/pillar/cron.sls
index d7f6a77..fdf45cc 100644
--- a/test/salt/pillar/cron.sls
+++ b/test/salt/pillar/cron.sls
@@ -46,3 +46,19 @@ cron:
       minute: random
       hour: 1
       commented: true
+  env:
+    env1:
+      type: present
+      name: PATH
+      value: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games
+      user: root
+    env2:
+      type: present
+      name: MAILTO
+      value: example@example.com
+      user: root
+    env3:
+      type: absent
+      name: LANG
+      value: en_GB.UTF-8
+      user: root