diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.inc b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
index ec4cf630fe..8da8da05bb 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.inc
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.inc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ test936 test937 test938 test939 test940 test941 test942 test943 test944 \
 test945 test946 test947 test948 test949 test950 test951 test952 test953 \
 test954 test955 test956 test957 test958 test959 test960 test961 test962 \
 test963 test964 test965 test966 test967 test968 test969 test970 test971 \
-test972 test973 test974 test975 test976 test977 \
+test972 test973 test974 test975 test976 test977 test978 \
 \
 test980 test981 test982 test983 test984 test985 test986 \
 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test978 b/tests/data/test978
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ff237590d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test978
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+--stderr
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+#
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data crlf="yes">
+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>
+verify that --stderr works for -w's stderr as well
+ </name>
+ <command>
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER --stderr log/redir --silent -w '%{stderr}nonsense\n'
+</command>
+</client>
+
+#
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<protocol crlf="yes">
+GET /%TESTNUMBER HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
+Accept: */*
+
+</protocol>
+<file name="log/redir">
+nonsense
+</file>
+</verify>
+</testcase>