diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index 0826e28947..ccc7023feb 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = test1 test108 test117 test127 test20 test27 test34 test46	\
  test199 test225 test226 test227 test230 test231 test232 test228	\
  test229 test233 test234 test235 test236 test520 test237 test238 \
  test239 test243 test245 test246 test247 test248 test249 test250 \
- test251 test252 test253 test254 test255 test521 test522 test523
+ test251 test252 test253 test254 test255 test521 test522 test523 \
+ test256
 
 # 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/test256 b/tests/data/test256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88f9bf6ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test256
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP GET
+HTTP proxy
+Resume
+HTTP Range
+FAILURE
+</keywords>
+</info>
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data nocheck=1>
+HTTP/1.0 200 Mooo
+Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 13:41:09 GMT
+Server: myown/1.0
+Connection: close
+
+todelooooo lalalala yada yada, we know nothing about ranges ;-)
+</data>
+</reply>
+
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+ <name>
+HTTP resume request over proxy with auth without server supporting it
+ </name>
+ <command option="no-output">
+-x http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/want/256 -C - -i -o log/fewl.txt -U daniel:stenberg
+</command>
+<file name="log/fewl.txt">
+This text is here to simulate a partly downloaded file to resume
+download on.
+</file>
+</client>
+
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<errorcode>
+33
+</errorcode>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent:.*
+</strip>
+<protocol>
+GET http://127.0.0.1:%HTTPPORT/want/256 HTTP/1.1
+Proxy-Authorization: Basic ZGFuaWVsOnN0ZW5iZXJn
+Range: bytes=78-
+Host: 127.0.0.1:%HTTPPORT
+Pragma: no-cache
+Accept: */*
+
+</protocol>
+
+# the download target file must remain untouched
+<file name="log/fewl.txt">
+This text is here to simulate a partly downloaded file to resume
+download on.
+</file>
+</verify>
diff --git a/tests/data/test38 b/tests/data/test38
index 791eb00415..e1d5c59a90 100644
--- a/tests/data/test38
+++ b/tests/data/test38
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ HTTP
 HTTP GET
 Resume
 HTTP Range
+FAILURE
 </keywords>
 </info>
 # Server-side
 <reply>
-<data>
+<data nocheck=1>
 HTTP/1.0 200 Mooo
 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 13:41:09 GMT
 Server: myown/1.0