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diff --git a/tests/tail-2/Makefile.am b/tests/tail-2/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aeb375694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tail-2/Makefile.am
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+## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in -*-Makefile-*-.
+
+EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS)
+
+TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
+  top_srcdir=$(top_srcdir) \
+  srcdir=$(srcdir) \
+  PERL="@PERL@" \
+  PATH=../../src:$$PATH \
+  PROG=tail
+
+TESTS = infloop-1
diff --git a/tests/tail-2/infloop-1 b/tests/tail-2/infloop-1
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b7db992fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tail-2/infloop-1
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+#!/bin/sh
+# This test would fail with tail from pre-1.22i textutils.
+
+tmp=t1-tail.$$
+
+if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
+  set -x
+  tail --version
+fi
+
+test_failure=0
+mkdir $tmp || test_failure=1
+cd $tmp || test_failure=1
+
+if test $test_failure = 1; then
+  echo 'failure in testing framework'
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+yes > t &
+yes_pid=$!
+while :; do
+  test -s t && break
+done
+tail -1 t &
+tail_pid=$!
+kill $yes_pid
+sleep 1
+kill $tail_pid