diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xmlvalidate.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xmlvalidate.xml
index 19ab5bdc3..1c9125f83 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xmlvalidate.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/optional/xmlvalidate.xml
@@ -14,5 +14,15 @@
       antfile="validate.xml"
       target="testValidate"/>
   </target>
+
+  <target name="xmlcatalog">
+    <xmlvalidate warn="false">
+      <fileset dir="xml" includes="**/about.xml"/>
+      <xmlcatalog classpath="xml">
+        <dtd publicID="-//stevo//DTD doc 1.0//EN"
+             location="doc.dtd"/>
+      </xmlcatalog>
+    </xmlvalidate>
+  </target>
   
 </project>
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XmlValidateTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XmlValidateTest.java
index 8d592262b..ecb12a950 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XmlValidateTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XmlValidateTest.java
@@ -111,5 +111,12 @@ public class XmlValidateTest extends BuildFileTest {
     public void testDeepValidate() throws Exception {
          executeTarget("testDeepValidate");
     }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    public void testXmlCatalog() {
+        executeTarget("xmlcatalog");
+    }
 }