diff --git a/tests/data/Makefile.am b/tests/data/Makefile.am
index ecbcc28fe9..c442fa13c2 100644
--- a/tests/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/data/Makefile.am
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ test1606 test1607 test1608 test1609 test1610 test1611 test1612 test1613 \
 test1614 test1615 test1616 test1617 \
 test1620 test1621 test1622 test1623 \
 \
-test1630 test1631 test1632 test1633 test1634 test1635 test1636 \
+test1630 test1631 test1632 test1633 test1634 test1635 test1636 test1637 \
 \
 test1640 test1641 test1642 test1643 \
 \
diff --git a/tests/data/test1637 b/tests/data/test1637
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a76481a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/test1637
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
+<testcase>
+<info>
+<keywords>
+HTTP
+--retry
+--fail
+</keywords>
+</info>
+
+# Server-side
+<reply>
+<data crlf="headers" nocheck="yes">
+HTTP/1.1 502 Not OK
+Content-Length: 6
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+-foo-
+</data>
+</reply>
+
+# Client-side
+<client>
+<server>
+http
+</server>
+<name>
+HTTP 502 with --fail and --retry 2
+</name>
+<command>
+http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER --fail --retry 2 --retry-delay 0.1
+</command>
+</client>
+
+# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
+<verify>
+<protocol crlf="headers">
+GET /%TESTNUMBER HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
+Accept: */*
+
+GET /%TESTNUMBER HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
+Accept: */*
+
+GET /%TESTNUMBER HTTP/1.1
+Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
+User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
+Accept: */*
+
+</protocol>
+<errorcode>
+22
+</errorcode>
+</verify>
+</testcase>