diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/style/build.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/style/build.xml
index 42e63ba4d..390c23f39 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/style/build.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/style/build.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@
            style="printParams.xsl"/>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="testDirsWithSpaces">
+    <mkdir dir="${out.dir}/s rc/"/>
+    <copy file="data.xml" todir="${out.dir}/s rc/"/>
+    <style basedir="${out.dir}/s rc" destdir="${out.dir}/d est"
+           style="printParams.xsl"/>
+  </target>
+
   <target name="copyXsl" if="xsl.value">
       <copy file="testNewerStylesheet.xsl" tofile="tmp.xsl" overwrite="true">
           <filterchain><expandproperties/></filterchain>
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/StyleTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/StyleTest.java
index d963c2507..04ee8646a 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/StyleTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/StyleTest.java
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ public class StyleTest extends BuildFileTest {
                    .exists());
     }
 
+    public void testDirsWithSpaces() throws Exception {
+        executeTarget("testDirsWithSpaces");
+        assertTrue(getProject().resolveFile("out/d est/data.html")
+                   .exists());
+    }
+
     // *************  copied from ConcatTest  *************
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------