diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index 9718bb978e..e3899168ea 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ test643         test645 test646 test647 test648 test649 test650 test651 \
 test652 test653 test654 test655 test656 test658 test659 test660 test661 \
 test662 test663 test664 test665 test666 test667 test668 test669 \
 test670 test671 test672 test673 test674 test675 test676 test677 test678 \
+test679 \
 \
 test700 test701 test702 test703 test704 test705 test706 test707 test708 \
 test709 test710 test711 test712 test713 test714 test715 test716 test717 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test679 b/tests/data/test679
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53b20c6e0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test679
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+netrc
+</keywords>
+</info>
+#
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data>
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Date: Tue, 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: 6
+Connection: close
+Content-Type: text/html
+Funny-head: yesyes
+
+-foo-
+</data>
+</reply>
+
+#
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+ <name>
+netrc with quoted password
+ </name>
+ <command>
+--netrc-optional --netrc-file log/netrc%TESTNUMBER http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/
+</command>
+<file name="log/netrc%TESTNUMBER" >
+machine %HOSTIP login user1 password "with spaces and \"\n\r\t\a"
+</file>
+</client>
+
+#
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<protocol>
+GET / HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+Authorization: Basic dXNlcjE6d2l0aCBzcGFjZXMgYW5kICIKDQlh
+User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
+Accept: */*
+
+</protocol>
+</verify>
+</testcase>