diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index b5ba86eb4..6d4ad43fa 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -547,6 +547,18 @@ static CURLcode readwrite_data(struct SessionHandle *data,
           if(data->state.resume_from && !k->content_range &&
              (data->set.httpreq==HTTPREQ_GET) &&
              !k->ignorebody) {
+
+            if(k->size == data->state.resume_from) {
+              /* The resume point is at the end of file, consider this fine
+                 even if it doesn't allow resume from here. */
+              infof(data, "The entire document is already downloaded");
+              connclose(conn, "already downloaded");
+              /* Abort download */
+              k->keepon &= ~KEEP_RECV;
+              *done = TRUE;
+              return CURLE_OK;
+            }
+
             /* we wanted to resume a download, although the server doesn't
              * seem to support this and we did this with a GET (if it
              * wasn't a GET we did a POST or PUT resume) */
diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index 6d21d670b..ee9585742 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ test1400 test1401 test1402 test1403 test1404 test1405 test1406 test1407 \
 test1408 test1409 test1410 test1411 test1412 test1413 test1414 test1415 \
 test1416 test1417 test1418 test1419 test1420 \
 \
-test1428 test1429 test1430 test1431 test1432 test1433 \
+test1428 test1429 test1430 test1431 test1432 test1433 test1434 \
 \
 test1500 test1501 test1502 test1503 test1504 test1505 test1506 test1507 \
 test1508 test1509 test1510 test1511 test1512 test1513 test1514 test1515 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test1042 b/tests/data/test1042
index d532120d9..f9a2255e1 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1042
+++ b/tests/data/test1042
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ Content-Type: text/plain
 http
 </server>
  <name>
-HTTP GET from end of entirely-downloaded file, no server resume
+HTTP GET beyond end of entirely-downloaded file, no server resume
  </name>
  <command>
-http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/1042 -C -
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/1042 -C 200
 </command>
 <file name="log/curl1042.out">
 012345678
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/1042 -C -
 </strip>
 <protocol>
 GET /1042 HTTP/1.1
-Range: bytes=100-
+Range: bytes=200-
 Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
 Accept: */*
 
diff --git a/tests/data/test1434 b/tests/data/test1434
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fba104b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test1434
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP GET
+Resume
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+# Some servers (e.g. Apache 1.2) respond this way to an invalid byte range
+<data>
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Connection: close
+Content-Length: 100
+Content-Type: text/plain
+
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+</data>
+
+# The file data that exists at the start of the test must be included in
+# the verification.
+<datacheck>
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Connection: close
+Content-Length: 100
+Content-Type: text/plain
+
+</datacheck>
+</reply>
+
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+ <name>
+HTTP GET resume at exactly the existing file size is fine
+ </name>
+ <command>
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/1434 -C 100
+</command>
+<file name="log/curl1434.out">
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+012345678
+</file>
+</client>
+
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent:.*
+</strip>
+<protocol>
+GET /1434 HTTP/1.1
+Range: bytes=100-
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+
+</protocol>
+</verify>
+</testcase>