diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index 199ffe248..2a2ca508a 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -189,4 +189,4 @@ test2048 test2049 test2050 test2051 test2052 test2053 test2054 test2055 \
 test2056 test2057 test2058 test2059 test2060 test2061 test2062 test2063 \
 test2064 test2065 test2066 test2067 test2068 test2069 \
 \
-test2070 test2071
+test2070 test2071 test2072
diff --git a/tests/data/test2072 b/tests/data/test2072
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2949c2502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test2072
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+FILE
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+<reply>
+</reply>
+
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+file
+</server>
+<name>
+file:// with SMB path
+</name>
+<command>
+file:////bad-host%PWD/log/test1145.txt
+</command>
+<file name="log/test1145.txt">
+foo
+   bar
+bar
+   foo
+moo
+</file>
+</client>
+
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+# CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT is error code 3
+<errorcode>
+3
+</errorcode>
+</verify>
+</testcase>