diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
index 38c0d2d..05df875 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@
         resp.begin()
         self.assertRaises(httplib.LineTooLong, resp.read)
 
+    def test_early_eof(self):
+        # Test httpresponse with no \r\n termination,
+        body = "HTTP/1.1 200 Ok"
+        sock = FakeSocket(body)
+        resp = httplib.HTTPResponse(sock)
+        resp.begin()
+        self.assertEqual(resp.read(), '')
+        self.assertTrue(resp.isclosed())
 
 class OfflineTest(TestCase):
     def test_responses(self):