diff --git a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java
index b84257d13..e3469da9c 100644
--- a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java
+++ b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
 public class TestAllFiles {
     private static final File ROOT_DIR = new File("test-data");
 
-    static final String[] SCAN_EXCLUDES = new String[] { "**/.svn/**", "lost+found" };
+    static final String[] SCAN_EXCLUDES = new String[] { "**/.svn/**", "lost+found", "**/.git/**" };
 
     private static final Map<String,String> FILE_PASSWORD;
 
diff --git a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/XSSFBFileHandler.java b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/XSSFBFileHandler.java
index 6bf099f4a..fd58c12e8 100644
--- a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/XSSFBFileHandler.java
+++ b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/stress/XSSFBFileHandler.java
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@
 ==================================================================== */
 package org.apache.poi.stress;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.*;
 
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.OPCPackage;
 import org.apache.poi.openxml4j.opc.PackageAccess;
@@ -28,6 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.XLSBUnsupportedException;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.extractor.XSSFBEventBasedExcelExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class XSSFBFileHandler extends AbstractFileHandler {
 
@@ -85,4 +82,16 @@ public class XSSFBFileHandler extends AbstractFileHandler {
             throw new RuntimeException("Should have gotten some text.");
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLocal() throws Exception {
+        File file = new File("test-data/spreadsheet/Simple.xlsb");
+        FileInputStream stream = new FileInputStream(file);
+        try {
+            handleFile(stream, file.getPath());
+        } finally {
+            stream.close();
+        }
+        handleExtracting(file);
+    }
 }