diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index 73877c678..88dafa4f9 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ test1516 \
 \
 test1520 \
 \
-test1525 test1526 test1527 test1528 test1529 test1530 \
+test1525 test1526 test1527 test1528 test1529 test1530 test1531 \
 \
 test1600 test1601 test1602 \
 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test1531 b/tests/data/test1531
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d58deb6e0
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/data/test1531 differ
diff --git a/tests/libtest/Makefile.inc b/tests/libtest/Makefile.inc
index 78d53137a..27d5ee98c 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/libtest/Makefile.inc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS = chkhostname libauthretry libntlmconnect                \
  lib1500 lib1501 lib1502 lib1503 lib1504 lib1505 lib1506 lib1507 lib1508 \
  lib1509 lib1510 lib1511 lib1512 lib1513 lib1514 lib1515 \
  lib1520 \
- lib1525 lib1526 lib1527 lib1528 lib1529 lib1530 \
+ lib1525 lib1526 lib1527 lib1528 lib1529 lib1530 lib1531 \
  lib1900 \
  lib2033
 
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ lib1530_SOURCES = lib1530.c $(SUPPORTFILES) $(TESTUTIL) $(WARNLESS)
 lib1530_LDADD = $(TESTUTIL_LIBS)
 lib1530_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) -DLIB1530
 
+lib1531_SOURCES = lib1531.c $(SUPPORTFILES) $(TESTUTIL) $(WARNLESS)
+lib1531_LDADD = $(TESTUTIL_LIBS)
+lib1531_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) -DLIB1531
+
 lib1900_SOURCES = lib1900.c $(SUPPORTFILES) $(TESTUTIL) $(WARNLESS)
 lib1900_LDADD = $(TESTUTIL_LIBS)
 lib1900_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib1531.c b/tests/libtest/lib1531.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5df34814b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib1531.c
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                  _   _ ____  _
+ *  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |
+ *                             / __| | | | |_) | |
+ *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
+ *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ *
+ * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+ * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+ * are also available at http://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html.
+ *
+ * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+ *
+ * This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.
+ *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+#include "test.h"
+
+#include "testutil.h"
+#include "warnless.h"
+#include "memdebug.h"
+
+#define TEST_HANG_TIMEOUT 60 * 1000
+
+char const testData[] = ".abc\0xyz";
+off_t const testDataSize = sizeof(testData) - 1;
+
+int test(char *URL)
+{
+  CURL *easy;
+  CURLM *multi_handle;
+  int still_running; /* keep number of running handles */
+  CURLMsg *msg; /* for picking up messages with the transfer status */
+  int msgs_left; /* how many messages are left */
+
+  /* Allocate one CURL handle per transfer */
+  easy = curl_easy_init();
+
+  /* init a multi stack */
+  multi_handle = curl_multi_init();
+
+  /* add the individual transfer */
+  curl_multi_add_handle(multi_handle, easy);
+
+  /* set the options (I left out a few, you'll get the point anyway) */
+  curl_easy_setopt(easy, CURLOPT_URL, URL);
+  curl_easy_setopt(easy, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE_LARGE, testDataSize);
+  curl_easy_setopt(easy, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, testData);
+
+  /* we start some action by calling perform right away */
+  curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
+
+  do {
+    struct timeval timeout;
+    int rc; /* select() return code */
+    CURLMcode mc; /* curl_multi_fdset() return code */
+
+    fd_set fdread;
+    fd_set fdwrite;
+    fd_set fdexcep;
+    int maxfd = -1;
+
+    long curl_timeo = -1;
+
+    FD_ZERO(&fdread);
+    FD_ZERO(&fdwrite);
+    FD_ZERO(&fdexcep);
+
+    /* set a suitable timeout to play around with */
+    timeout.tv_sec = 1;
+    timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+
+    curl_multi_timeout(multi_handle, &curl_timeo);
+    if(curl_timeo >= 0) {
+      timeout.tv_sec = curl_timeo / 1000;
+      if(timeout.tv_sec > 1)
+        timeout.tv_sec = 1;
+      else
+        timeout.tv_usec = (curl_timeo % 1000) * 1000;
+    }
+
+    /* get file descriptors from the transfers */
+    mc = curl_multi_fdset(multi_handle, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &maxfd);
+
+    if(mc != CURLM_OK)
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr, "curl_multi_fdset() failed, code %d.\n", mc);
+      break;
+    }
+
+    /* On success the value of maxfd is guaranteed to be >= -1. We call
+       select(maxfd + 1, ...); specially in case of (maxfd == -1) there are
+       no fds ready yet so we call select(0, ...) --or Sleep() on Windows--
+       to sleep 100ms, which is the minimum suggested value in the
+       curl_multi_fdset() doc. */
+
+    if(maxfd == -1) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+      Sleep(100);
+      rc = 0;
+#else
+      /* Portable sleep for platforms other than Windows. */
+      struct timeval wait = { 0, 100 * 1000 }; /* 100ms */
+      rc = select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, &wait);
+#endif
+    }
+    else {
+      /* Note that on some platforms 'timeout' may be modified by select().
+         If you need access to the original value save a copy beforehand. */
+      rc = select(maxfd+1, &fdread, &fdwrite, &fdexcep, &timeout);
+    }
+
+    switch(rc) {
+    case -1:
+      /* select error */
+      break;
+    case 0: /* timeout */
+    default: /* action */
+      curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
+      break;
+    }
+  } while(still_running);
+
+  /* See how the transfers went */
+  while ((msg = curl_multi_info_read(multi_handle, &msgs_left))) {
+    if (msg->msg == CURLMSG_DONE) {
+      printf("HTTP transfer completed with status %d\n", msg->data.result);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  curl_multi_cleanup(multi_handle);
+
+  /* Free the CURL handles */
+  curl_easy_cleanup(easy);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+