diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index 46208a6ab1..84cb22facc 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = test1 test108 test117 test127 test20 test27 test34 test46	\
  test158 test159 test511 test160 test161 test162 test163 test164	\
  test512 test165 test166 test167 test168 test169 test170 test171	\
  test172 test204 test205 test173 test174 test175 test176 test177	\
- test513 test514
+ test513 test514 test178
 
 # The following tests have been removed from the dist since they no longer
 # work. We need to fix the test suite's FTPS server first, then bring them
diff --git a/tests/data/test178 b/tests/data/test178
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d5403d56b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test178
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data>
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK swsclose
+Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
+Content-Length: -6
+Content-Type: text/html
+Funny-head: yesyes
+
+moooooooooooo
+</data>
+</reply>
+
+#
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+ <name>
+simple HTTP GET with negative Content-Length
+ </name>
+ <command>
+http://%HOSTIP:%HOSTPORT/178
+</command>
+</client>
+
+#
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent:.*
+</strip>
+<protocol>
+GET /178 HTTP/1.1
+Host: 127.0.0.1:8999
+Pragma: no-cache
+Accept: */*
+
+</protocol>
+</verify>