diff --git a/testsuite/grep/grep-handles-binary-files b/testsuite/grep/grep-handles-binary-files
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2679add6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/grep/grep-handles-binary-files
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+echo -e '\0foo' >foo
+busybox grep foo foo