diff --git a/internal/broker/agreement_catalogue_test.go b/internal/broker/agreement_catalogue_test.go
index 9c4a348..7b9e0ec 100644
--- a/internal/broker/agreement_catalogue_test.go
+++ b/internal/broker/agreement_catalogue_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/novox/mesh-controller/internal/catalogue"
 )
 
 // **Do the catalogue's emitters and consumers agree?**
@@ -53,6 +55,14 @@ func TestTheAgreementCheckCatchesASubscriptionThatMatchesNothing(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("a wildcard over emitters was reported: %v", bad)
 	}
 
+	// A consumer of a role's event whose role does not emit it is caught, which is what stops the
+	// catalogue check above from passing by knowing nothing about roles.
+	if bad := Disagreements(nil,
+		[]AConsumer{{Module: "mesh-catalog", Consumes: []string{"mesh-build-machine.finished"}}},
+		[]DeclaredSeat{{Name: "mesh-build-machine", Emits: []string{"built"}}}); len(bad) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("a consumer of a role event the role does not emit was not caught: %v", bad)
+	}
+
 	// An event published under a seat's name is real even though no module declares it as its own.
 	if bad := Disagreements(nil,
 		[]AConsumer{{Module: "watcher", Consumes: []string{"mesh-artifact-store.image.pushed"}}},
@@ -70,7 +80,13 @@ func theCataloguesEvents(t *testing.T) ([]AnEmitter, []AConsumer, []DeclaredSeat
 	}
 	var emitters []AnEmitter
 	var consumers []AConsumer
+	// The mesh's own roles, which emit under the seat's name rather than any module's (novox/hq
+	// ADR 0121). Without these the check skips every consumer of a role's event as "the emitter is
+	// not installed" — which is how it passed vacuously the first time one existed.
 	var seats []DeclaredSeat
+	for _, own := range catalogue.SeatsWithAProtocol() {
+		seats = append(seats, DeclaredSeat{Name: own.Name, Accepts: own.Accepts, Emits: own.Emits})
+	}
 	for _, e := range entries {
 		if !e.IsDir() {
 			continue