diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index 17b2f2cb7..ab81929f6 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ test307 test308 test309 test310 test311 test312 test313 test314 test315 \
 test316                         test320 test321 test322 test323 test324 \
 test325 \
 test350 test351 test352 test353 test354 \
-test393 \
+test393 test394 \
 \
 test400 test401 test402 test403 test404 test405 test406 test407 test408 \
 test409 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test394 b/tests/data/test394
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b82039b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test394
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP GET
+FAILURE
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+#
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data nocheck="yes">
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK swsclose
+Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+Last-Modified: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:10:00 GMT
+ETag: "21025-dc7-39462498"
+Accept-Ranges: bytes
+Content-Length: crap
+Connection: close
+Content-Type: text/html
+Funny-head: yesyes
+
+-foo-
+</data>
+</reply>
+
+#
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+ <name>
+HTTP with rubbish in Content-Length
+ </name>
+ <command>
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/394
+</command>
+</client>
+
+#
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<errorcode>
+8
+</errorcode>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent:.*
+</strip>
+<protocol>
+GET /394 HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+
+</protocol>
+</verify>
+</testcase>