diff --git a/test/data/dredirgz/index.html.gz b/test/data/dredirgz/index.html.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8deb24e9
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diff --git a/test/unit_test.c b/test/unit_test.c
index b6f66038..f9b07119 100644
--- a/test/unit_test.c
+++ b/test/unit_test.c
@@ -650,6 +650,10 @@ static void test_http_server(void) {
   ASSERT(fetch(&mgr, buf, url, "GET /dredir/ HTTP/1.0\n\n") == 200);
   ASSERT(cmpbody(buf, "hi\n") == 0);
 
+  ASSERT(fetch(&mgr, buf, url, "GET /dredirgz/ HTTP/1.0\n\n") == 200);
+  ASSERT(cmpheader(buf, "Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8"));
+  ASSERT(cmpheader(buf, "Content-Encoding", "gzip"));
+
   ASSERT(fetch(&mgr, buf, url, "GET /..ddot HTTP/1.0\n\n") == 301);
   ASSERT(fetch(&mgr, buf, url, "GET /..ddot/ HTTP/1.0\n\n") == 200);
   ASSERT(cmpbody(buf, "hi\n") == 0);