diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
index c9455d450b70..a8b6bcee3bd4 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
@@ -26,11 +26,19 @@ def test_arrow(self):
         fig, ax = plt.subplots()
         ax.arrow(...)
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Test for axhline not written yet")
     @mpl.style.context("default")
     def test_axhline(self):
-        fig, ax = plt.subplots()
-        ax.axhline(...)
+        mpl.rcParams["date.converter"] = 'concise'
+        fig, (ax1, ax2, ax3) = plt.subplots(3, 1, layout='constrained')
+        ax1.set_ylim(bottom=datetime.datetime(2020, 4, 1),
+                     top=datetime.datetime(2020, 8, 1))
+        ax2.set_ylim(bottom=np.datetime64('2005-01-01'),
+                     top=np.datetime64('2005-04-01'))
+        ax3.set_ylim(bottom=datetime.datetime(2023, 9, 1),
+                     top=datetime.datetime(2023, 11, 1))
+        ax1.axhline(y=datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 3), xmin=0.5, xmax=0.7)
+        ax2.axhline(np.datetime64('2005-02-25T03:30'), xmin=0.1, xmax=0.9)
+        ax3.axhline(y=datetime.datetime(2023, 10, 24), xmin=0.4, xmax=0.7)
 
     @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Test for axhspan not written yet")
     @mpl.style.context("default")