diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index d5621eb4..38fe5c68 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -39,3 +39,11 @@ def make_load_file(filename, encoding='utf-8'):
             return f.read()
 
     return make_load_file
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def get_stream(filepath):
+    def make_stream(filename, encoding='utf-8'):
+        return io.open(filepath(filename), encoding=encoding)
+
+    return make_stream
diff --git a/tests/files/stream.sql b/tests/files/stream.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1b73b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/stream.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- this file is streamed in
+insert into foo
diff --git a/tests/test_regressions.py b/tests/test_regressions.py
index 255493c8..5d041315 100644
--- a/tests/test_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_regressions.py
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ def test_format_accepts_encoding(load_file):
     assert formatted == tformatted
 
 
+def test_stream(get_stream):
+    stream = get_stream("stream.sql")
+    p = sqlparse.parse(stream)[0]
+    assert p.get_type() == 'INSERT'
+
+
 def test_issue90():
     sql = ('UPDATE "gallery_photo" SET "owner_id" = 4018, "deleted_at" = NULL,'
            ' "width" = NULL, "height" = NULL, "rating_votes" = 0,'