diff --git a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientTest.java b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientTest.java
index 28e09860df4..d3f55934811 100644
--- a/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientTest.java
+++ b/jetty-client/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/client/HttpClientTest.java
@@ -853,5 +853,13 @@ public class HttpClientTest extends AbstractHttpClientServerTest
                 .send();
 
         Assert.assertEquals(200, response.getStatus());
+
+        response = client.newRequest("localhost", connector.getLocalPort())
+                .scheme(scheme)
+                .header(HttpHeader.USER_AGENT, userAgent)
+                .timeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .send();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(200, response.getStatus());
     }
 }