diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index 575c1ecb9..744c16274 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ test102  test111  test120  test16   test21   test30   test400  test7 \
 test103  test112  test121  test17   test22   test300  test401  test8 \
 test104  test113  test122  test18   test23   test301  test402  test9 \
 test105  test114  test123  test19   test24   test302  test43   \
-test106  test115  test124  test190  test25   test303  test44   \
+test106  test115  test124  test190  test25   test303  test44   test38 \
 test107  test116  test125  test2    test26   test33   test45   test126
diff --git a/tests/data/test38 b/tests/data/test38
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dca54e36d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test38
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# 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>
+ <name>
+HTTP resume request without server supporting it
+ </name>
+ <command option="no-output">
+http://%HOSTIP:%HOSTPORT/want/38 -C - -i -o log/fewl.txt
+</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 /want/38 HTTP/1.1
+Range: bytes=78-
+Host: 127.0.0.1:8999
+Pragma: no-cache
+Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
+
+</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>