diff --git a/src/regression/inet_pton-empty-last-field.c b/src/regression/inet_pton-empty-last-field.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eef44dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/regression/inet_pton-empty-last-field.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// '0' last field in an ipv6 address cannot be abbreviated to ::
+#include <string.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include "test.h"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	unsigned char buf[16];
+	char addr[] = "1:2:3:4:5:6:7::";
+
+	if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, addr, buf)) {
+		t_error("inet_pton(%s) returned %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x, wanted a failure\n",
+			addr, buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3], buf[4], buf[5], buf[6], buf[7]);
+	}
+	return t_status;
+}