diff --git a/src/testdir/test53.in b/src/testdir/test53.in
index 8ca9c9e..7c35b2e 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test53.in
+++ b/src/testdir/test53.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 0fXdit
 fXdat
 0fXdat
+dit
 :"
 :put =matchstr(\"abcd\", \".\", 0, 2) " b
 :put =matchstr(\"abcd\", \"..\", 0, 2) " bc
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@
 -<b>asdX<i>a<i />sdf</i>asdf</b>-
 -<b>asdf<i>Xasdf</i>asdf</b>-
 -<b>asdX<i>as<b />df</i>asdf</b>-
+-<b>
+innertext object
+</b>
 </begin>
 SEARCH:
 foobar
diff --git a/src/testdir/test53.ok b/src/testdir/test53.ok
index 0c0b9de..0520697 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test53.ok
+++ b/src/testdir/test53.ok
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 -<b></b>-
 -<b>asdfasdf</b>-
 --
+-<b></b>
 </begin>
 b
 bc