diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index d402aabd1..09027962e 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ EXTRA_DIST = test1 test108 test117 test127 test20 test27 test34 test46	   \
  test237 test238 test239 test243 test245 test246 test247 test248 test249   \
  test250 test251 test252 test253 test254 test255 test521 test522 test523   \
  test256 test257 test258 test259 test260 test261 test262 test263 test264   \
- test265 test266 test267
+ test265 test266 test267 test268
diff --git a/tests/data/test268 b/tests/data/test268
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b8b6b9d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test268
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+HTTP POST
+</keywords>
+</info>
+#
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data>
+HTTP/1.0 200 OK
+Server: test-server/fake
+Content-Type: text/html
+Content-Length: 0
+
+this is data even though Content-Length is set to zero
+</data>
+<datacheck>
+HTTP/1.0 200 OK
+Server: test-server/fake
+Content-Type: text/html
+Content-Length: 0
+
+</datacheck>
+</reply>
+
+#
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+ <name>
+HTTP POST a non-existing file
+ </name>
+ <command>
+ -d @nonesuchfile http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/268
+</command>
+</client>
+
+#
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<strip>
+^User-Agent:.*
+</strip>
+<protocol>
+POST /268 HTTP/1.1
+Host: 127.0.0.1:%HTTPPORT
+Accept: */*
+Content-Length: 0
+Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
+
+</protocol>
+</verify>