diff --git a/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/exception_handling_expectation.txt b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/exception_handling_expectation.txt
index abd98ec274..3a1c4c595d 100644
--- a/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/exception_handling_expectation.txt
+++ b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/exception_handling_expectation.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[^═]*(this line contains the test framework's output with the clock and so forth)?
+<<skip until matching line>>
 ══╡ EXCEPTION CAUGHT BY FLUTTER TEST FRAMEWORK ╞════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 The following message was thrown running a test:
 Who lives, who dies, who tells your story\?
diff --git a/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/test_async_utils_guarded_expectation.txt b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/test_async_utils_guarded_expectation.txt
index c4e73d1d19..6cb6a93b63 100644
--- a/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/test_async_utils_guarded_expectation.txt
+++ b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/test_async_utils_guarded_expectation.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[^═]*(this line contains the test framework's output with the clock and so forth)?
+<<skip until matching line>>
 ══╡ EXCEPTION CAUGHT BY FLUTTER TEST FRAMEWORK ╞════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 The following assertion was thrown running a test:
 Guarded function conflict\. You must use "await" with all Future-returning test APIs\.
diff --git a/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/test_async_utils_unguarded_expectation.txt b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/test_async_utils_unguarded_expectation.txt
index 2ecb5d078c..85362545bc 100644
--- a/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/test_async_utils_unguarded_expectation.txt
+++ b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/test_async_utils_unguarded_expectation.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [^═]*(this line contains the test framework's output with the clock and so forth)?
+<<skip until matching line>>
 ══╡ EXCEPTION CAUGHT BY FLUTTER TEST FRAMEWORK ╞════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 The following assertion was thrown running a test:
 Guarded function conflict\. You must use "await" with all Future-returning test APIs\.
diff --git a/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/ticker_expectation.txt b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/ticker_expectation.txt
index e75d5dadde..bb7495929e 100644
--- a/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/ticker_expectation.txt
+++ b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/ticker_expectation.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[^═]*(this line contains the test framework's output with the clock and so forth)?
+<<skip until matching line>>
 ══╡ EXCEPTION CAUGHT BY SCHEDULER LIBRARY ╞═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 The following message was thrown:
 An animation is still running even after the widget tree was disposed.
diff --git a/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/trivial_widget_expectation.txt b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/trivial_widget_expectation.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4661cd4000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/trivial_widget_expectation.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[0-9]+:[0-9]+ [+]0: - A trivial widget test
+[0-9]+:[0-9]+ [+]1: All tests passed!
diff --git a/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/trivial_widget_test.dart b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/trivial_widget_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfb1856608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/automated_tests/flutter_test/trivial_widget_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  testWidgets('A trivial widget test', (WidgetTester tester) async {});
+}
diff --git a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands/test_test.dart b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands/test_test.dart
index 1177096d18..3b6ef1c28b 100644
--- a/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands/test_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter_tools/test/commands/test_test.dart
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ void main() {
     final String automatedTestsDirectory = fs.path.join('..', '..', 'dev', 'automated_tests');
     final String flutterTestDirectory = fs.path.join(automatedTestsDirectory, 'flutter_test');
 
+    testUsingContext('not have extraneous error messages', () async {
+      Cache.flutterRoot = '../..';
+      return _testFile('trivial_widget', automatedTestsDirectory, flutterTestDirectory, exitCode: isZero);
+    }, skip: io.Platform.isLinux);  // Flutter on Linux sometimes has problems with font resolution (#7224)
+
     testUsingContext('report nice errors for exceptions thrown within testWidgets()', () async {
       Cache.flutterRoot = '../..';
       return _testFile('exception_handling', automatedTestsDirectory, flutterTestDirectory);
@@ -85,7 +90,8 @@ void main() {
   });
 }
 
-Future<Null> _testFile(String testName, String workingDirectory, String testDirectory) async {
+Future<Null> _testFile(String testName, String workingDirectory, String testDirectory, {Matcher exitCode}) async {
+  exitCode ??= isNonZero;
   final String fullTestExpectation = fs.path.join(testDirectory, '${testName}_expectation.txt');
   final File expectationFile = fs.file(fullTestExpectation);
   if (!expectationFile.existsSync())
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ Future<Null> _testFile(String testName, String workingDirectory, String testDire
 
   final ProcessResult exec = await _runFlutterTest(testName, workingDirectory, testDirectory);
 
-  expect(exec.exitCode, isNonZero);
+  expect(exec.exitCode, exitCode);
   final List<String> output = exec.stdout.split('\n');
   if (output.first == 'Waiting for another flutter command to release the startup lock...')
     output.removeAt(0);