diff --git a/t/t3401-rebase-partial.sh b/t/t3401-rebase-partial.sh
index 7ba17974c585d005fb4f1c757b76377f0c0518a5..7f8693b928fdb827906f7c51ec0a13b2f36c5b83 100755
--- a/t/t3401-rebase-partial.sh
+++ b/t/t3401-rebase-partial.sh
@@ -42,4 +42,12 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase --merge topic branch that was partially merged upstr
 	test_path_is_missing .git/rebase-merge
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'rebase ignores empty commit' '
+	git reset --hard A &&
+	git commit --allow-empty -m empty &&
+	test_commit D &&
+	git rebase C &&
+	test $(git log --format=%s C..) = "D"
+'
+
 test_done