diff --git a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/copy-test.xml b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/copy-test.xml
index 9589663e2..74486a110 100644
--- a/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/copy-test.xml
+++ b/src/tests/antunit/taskdefs/copy-test.xml
@@ -116,4 +116,26 @@ public class NullByteStreamResource extends Resource {
                          actual="${output}/bar.txt"/>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="testIncludeEmptyDirsDefaultsToTrue"
+          description="https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47168">
+    <mkdir dir="${input}/foo"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${output}"/>
+    <copy todir="${output}">
+      <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+    </copy>
+    <au:assertFileExists file="${output}/foo"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="XtestIncludeEmptyDirsAndZipfileset"
+          description="https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47168">
+    <mkdir dir="${input}/foo"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${output}/final"/>
+    <zip destfile="${output}/zipfile.zip">
+      <fileset dir="${input}"/>
+    </zip>
+    <copy todir="${output}/final">
+      <zipfileset src="${output}/zipfile.zip"/>
+    </copy>
+    <au:assertFileExists file="${output}/final/foo"/>
+  </target>
 </project>