diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace.xml
index e7cf195b8..079d34a9f 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace.xml
@@ -41,4 +41,13 @@
     </replace>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="test9">
+    <copy file="replace/source.txt" tofile="replace/output.txt"/>
+    <loadfile srcFile="replace/value.txt" property="content"/>
+    <replace file="replace/output.txt" token="@@@Replace this@@@" value="${content}"/>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="cleanup">
+      <delete file="replace/output.txt" quiet="true"/>
+  </target>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace/result.txt b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace/result.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15b2d6961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace/result.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+This is line one
+This is line two
+This is line three
+This is line four
+This is line five
+This is line six
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace/source.txt b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace/source.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d73f317e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace/source.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+This is line one
+This is line two
+This is line three
+@@@Replace this@@@
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace/value.txt b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace/value.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c75b5529f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace/value.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This is line four
+This is line five
+This is line six
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ReplaceTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ReplaceTest.java
index dacefc7ce..66c1008c4 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ReplaceTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ReplaceTest.java
@@ -56,12 +56,17 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildFileTest;
 
+import java.io.*;
+
+import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
+
 /**
  * @author Nico Seessle <nico@seessle.de> 
  */
-public class ReplaceTest extends BuildFileTest { 
-    
-    public ReplaceTest(String name) { 
+public class ReplaceTest extends BuildFileTest {
+
+    private static final String TEST_PATH = "src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/replace/";
+    public ReplaceTest(String name) {
         super(name);
     }    
     
@@ -101,4 +106,39 @@ public class ReplaceTest extends BuildFileTest {
         executeTarget("test8");
     }
 
+    public void test9() throws IOException{
+        executeTarget("test9");
+        assertEqualContent(new File(TEST_PATH + "result.txt"),
+                    new File(TEST_PATH + "output.txt"));
+    }
+    public void tearDown() {
+        executeTarget("cleanup");
+    }
+    public void assertEqualContent(File expect, File result)
+        throws AssertionFailedError, IOException {
+        if (!result.exists()) {
+            fail("Expected file "+result+" doesn\'t exist");
+        }
+
+        InputStream inExpect = null;
+        InputStream inResult = null;
+        try {
+            inExpect = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(expect));
+            inResult = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(result));
+
+            int expectedByte = inExpect.read();
+            while (expectedByte != -1) {
+                assertEquals(expectedByte, inResult.read());
+                expectedByte = inExpect.read();
+            }
+            assertEquals("End of file", -1, inResult.read());
+        } finally {
+            if (inResult != null) {
+                inResult.close();
+            }
+            if (inExpect != null) {
+                inExpect.close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }