diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index 0d66f891b5..3f043d14d4 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = test1 test108 test117 test127 test20 test27 test34 test46	\
  test184 test185 test186 test187 test188 test189 test191 test192	\
  test193 test194 test195 test196 test197 test198 test515 test516	\
  test517 test518 test210 test211 test212 test220 test221 test222	\
- test223 test224 test206 test207
+ test223 test224 test206 test207 test208
 
 # 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/test208 b/tests/data/test208
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f2c52cf0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test208
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data>
+HTTP/1.0 200 OK swsclose
+Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
+Server: test-server/fake
+
+blablabla
+
+</data>
+</reply>
+
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+ <name>
+HTTP PUT a to a FTP URL with username+password - over HTTP proxy
+ </name>
+ <command>
+-x http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT ftp://daniel:mysecret@host.com/we/want/208 -T log/test208.txt
+</command>
+<file name="log/test208.txt">
+Weird
+     file
+         to
+   upload
+for
+   testing
+the
+   PUT
+      feature
+</file>
+</test>
+
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent:.*
+</strip>
+<protocol>
+PUT ftp://daniel:mysecret@host.com/we/want/208 HTTP/1.1
+Authorization: Basic ZGFuaWVsOm15c2VjcmV0
+Host: host.com:21
+Pragma: no-cache
+Accept: */*
+Content-Length: 78
+Expect: 100-continue
+
+Weird
+     file
+         to
+   upload
+for
+   testing
+the
+   PUT
+      feature
+</protocol>
+</verify>