diff --git a/lib/utils.pm b/lib/utils.pm
index e5d82fe4..6a8f06b9 100644
--- a/lib/utils.pm
+++ b/lib/utils.pm
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ sub desktop_switch_layout {
     assert_screen "${environment}_layout_${layout}", 3;
 }
 
+# this is used at the end of console_login to check if we got a prompt
+# indicating that we got a bash shell, but sourcing of /etc/bashrc
+# failed (the prompt looks different in this case). We treat this as
+# a soft failure.
+sub _console_login_finish {
+    if (match_has_tag "bash_noprofile") {
+        record_soft_failure "It looks like profile sourcing failed";
+    }
+}
+
 # this subroutine handles logging in as a root/specified user into console
 # it requires TTY to be already displayed (handled by the root_console()
 # method of distribution classes)
@@ -134,12 +144,12 @@ sub console_login {
 
     check_screen [$good, 'text_console_login'], 10;
     # if we're already logged in, all is good
-    return if (match_has_tag $good);
+    _console_login_finish() if (match_has_tag $good);
     # if we see the login prompt, type the username
     type_string("$args{user}\n") if (match_has_tag 'text_console_login');
     check_screen [$good, 'console_password_required'], 30;
     # on a live image, just the user name will be enough
-    return if (match_has_tag $good);
+    _console_login_finish() if (match_has_tag $good);
     # otherwise, type the password if we see the prompt
     if (match_has_tag 'console_password_required') {
         type_string "$args{password}";
@@ -155,6 +165,7 @@ sub console_login {
     }
     # make sure we reached the console
     assert_screen($good, 30);
+    _console_login_finish();
 }
 
 # load US layout (from a root console)
diff --git a/needles/console/user_logged_in-noprofile-bash44-20170831.json b/needles/console/user_logged_in-noprofile-bash44-20170831.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97876ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/needles/console/user_logged_in-noprofile-bash44-20170831.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "area": [
+    {
+      "type": "match",
+      "ypos": 127,
+      "xpos": 1,
+      "height": 16,
+      "width": 80
+    }
+  ],
+  "properties": [],
+  "tags": [
+    "ENV-DISTRI-fedora",
+    "bash_noprofile",
+    "user_console",
+    "user_logged_in"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/needles/console/user_logged_in-noprofile-bash44-20170831.png b/needles/console/user_logged_in-noprofile-bash44-20170831.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49d08c9f
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