diff --git a/test/ch/cyberduck/core/io/MD5ChecksumComputeTest.java b/test/ch/cyberduck/core/io/MD5ChecksumComputeTest.java
index b2276b6ef5f..40d8229e676 100644
--- a/test/ch/cyberduck/core/io/MD5ChecksumComputeTest.java
+++ b/test/ch/cyberduck/core/io/MD5ChecksumComputeTest.java
@@ -17,4 +17,10 @@ public void testCompute() throws Exception {
         assertEquals("a43c1b0aa53a0c908810c06ab1ff3967",
                 new MD5ChecksumCompute().compute(IOUtils.toInputStream("input")).hash);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testComputeEmptyString() throws Exception {
+        assertEquals("d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",
+                new MD5ChecksumCompute().compute(IOUtils.toInputStream("")).hash);
+    }
 }