diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtilsTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtilsTest.java
index 741f00a76..a1a4d10ee 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtilsTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
  * @author <a href="mailto:scolebourne@joda.org">Stephen Colebourne</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:ridesmet@users.sourceforge.net">Ringo De Smet</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com>Fredrik Westermarck</a>
- * @version $Id: StringUtilsTest.java,v 1.8 2002/11/22 23:33:34 bayard Exp $
+ * @version $Id: StringUtilsTest.java,v 1.9 2002/11/23 00:41:19 bayard Exp $
  */
 public class StringUtilsTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ public void testSplit()
             assertEquals("split(Object[], String, int) failed", expected[i],
                          result[i]);
         }
+
+        result = StringUtils.split("one two three four five six", null, 2);
+        assertEquals("split(Object[], null, int)[0] failed", "one", result[0]);
+        assertEquals("split(Object[], null, int)[1] failed", "two", result[1]);
+        assertEquals("split(Object[], null, int)[2] failed", "three four five six", result[2]);
     }
 
     public void testReplaceFunctions()