diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_amiga.mak b/src/testdir/Make_amiga.mak
index 0970b72..78a4d27 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_amiga.mak
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_amiga.mak
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		test33.out test34.out test35.out test36.out test37.out \
 		test38.out test39.out test40.out test41.out test42.out \
 		test43.out test44.out test45.out test46.out test47.out \
-		test48.out test51.out
+		test48.out test51.out test53.out
 
 .SUFFIXES: .in .out
 
@@ -95,3 +95,4 @@
 test47.out: test47.in
 test48.out: test48.in
 test51.out: test51.in
+test53.out: test53.in
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_dos.mak b/src/testdir/Make_dos.mak
index b15951e..0dd1a09 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_dos.mak
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_dos.mak
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		test23.out test24.out test28.out test29.out \
 		test35.out test36.out test43.out \
 		test44.out test45.out test46.out test47.out \
-		test48.out test51.out
+		test48.out test51.out test53.out
 
 SCRIPTS =	test3.out test4.out test5.out test6.out test7.out \
 		test8.out test9.out test11.out test13.out test14.out \
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_os2.mak b/src/testdir/Make_os2.mak
index af58202..f3ce50b 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_os2.mak
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_os2.mak
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		test33.out test34.out test35.out test36.out test37.out \
 		test38.out test39.out test40.out test41.out test42.out \
 		test43.out test44.out test45.out test46.out test47.out \
-		test48.out test51.out
+		test48.out test51.out test53.out
 
 .SUFFIXES: .in .out
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/Make_vms.mms b/src/testdir/Make_vms.mms
index 23b0b26..6819a68 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Make_vms.mms
+++ b/src/testdir/Make_vms.mms
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Authors:	Zoltan Arpadffy, <arpadffy@polarhome.com>
 #		Sandor Kopanyi,  <sandor.kopanyi@mailbox.hu>
 #
-# Last change:  2004 May 03
+# Last change:  2004 Jul 02
 #
 # This has been tested on VMS 6.2 to 7.2 on DEC Alpha and VAX.
 # Edit the lines in the Configuration section below to select.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	 test33.out test34.out test35.out test36.out test37.out \
 	 test38.out test39.out test40.out test41.out test42.out \
 	 test43.out test44.out test45.out test46.out \
-	 test48.out test51.out
+	 test48.out test51.out test53.out
 
 .IFDEF WANT_GUI
 SCRIPT_GUI = test16.out
diff --git a/src/testdir/Makefile b/src/testdir/Makefile
index 7ed97fe..b09db81 100644
--- a/src/testdir/Makefile
+++ b/src/testdir/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		test33.out test34.out test35.out test36.out test37.out \
 		test38.out test39.out test40.out test41.out test42.out \
 		test43.out test44.out test45.out test46.out test47.out \
-		test48.out test49.out test51.out test52.out
+		test48.out test49.out test51.out test52.out test53.out
 
 SCRIPTS_GUI = test16.out
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test53.in b/src/testdir/test53.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2c0ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/test53.in
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Tests for string text objects. vim: set ft=vim :
+
+STARTTEST
+:so small.vim
+/^start:/
+da"
+0va'a'rx
+02f`da`
+0fXdi"
+03f'vi'ry
+:set quoteescape=+*-
+di`
+$F"va"oha"i"rz
+:/^start:/,/^end:/wq! test.out
+ENDTEST
+
+start: "wo\"rd\\" foo
+'foo' 'bar' 'piep'
+bla bla `quote` blah
+out " in "noXno"
+"'" 'blah' rep 'buh'
+bla `s*`d-`+++`l**` b`la
+voo "nah" sdf " asdf" sdf " sdf" sd
+end:
diff --git a/src/testdir/test53.ok b/src/testdir/test53.ok
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..577bad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/test53.ok
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+start: foo
+xxxxxxxxxxxx'piep'
+bla bla blah
+out " in ""
+"'" 'blah'yyyyy'buh'
+bla `` b`la
+voo "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzsd
+end: