diff --git a/proposal/sandbox/filterreaders/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/loadfile.xml b/proposal/sandbox/filterreaders/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/loadfile.xml
index 11ddfe98d..b90fad278 100644
--- a/proposal/sandbox/filterreaders/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/loadfile.xml
+++ b/proposal/sandbox/filterreaders/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/loadfile.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,31 @@
     <echo>${testEvalProps}</echo>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="testFilterChain"
+    depends="init">
+      <echo file="loadfile1.tmp">#Line 1
+REM Line 2
+--Line 3
+Line 4
+Hello World!</echo>
+      <loadfile srcFile="loadfile1.tmp" 
+        property="testFilterChain">
+        <filterchain>
+          <headfilter lines="5"/>
+          <striplinecomments>
+            <comment value="--"/>
+            <comment value="REM "/>
+            <comment value="#"/>
+          </striplinecomments>
+          <filterreader classname="org.apache.tools.ant.filters.TailFilter">
+            <param name="lines" value="1"/>
+          </filterreader>
+          <linecontains>
+            <contains value="World!"/>
+          </linecontains>
+        </filterchain>
+      </loadfile>
+  </target>
 
   <target name="testOneLine"
     depends="init">
diff --git a/proposal/sandbox/filterreaders/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadFileTest.java b/proposal/sandbox/filterreaders/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadFileTest.java
index 09dd961b3..f4703c314 100644
--- a/proposal/sandbox/filterreaders/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadFileTest.java
+++ b/proposal/sandbox/filterreaders/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadFileTest.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public class LoadFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
         }
     }
 
-        /**
+    /**
      * A unit test for JUnit
      */
     public void testEvalProps()
@@ -162,7 +162,19 @@ public class LoadFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
         }
     }
 
-        /**
+    /**
+     * A unit test for JUnit
+     */
+    public void testFilterChain()
+            throws BuildException {
+        executeTarget("testFilterChain");
+        if(project.getProperty("testFilterChain").indexOf("World!")<0) {
+            fail("Filter Chain broken");
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
      * A unit test for JUnit
      */
     public void testOneLine()
@@ -171,5 +183,3 @@ public class LoadFileTest extends BuildFileTest {
 
     }
 }
-
-