diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8fdd145..b5ba3eb 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =	pkg.m4 \
 		tests/lib1/metapackage-2.pc \
 		tests/lib1/explicit-sysroot.pc \
 		tests/lib1/escaped-backslash.pc \
+		tests/lib1/escaped-space.pc \
 		tests/lib1/cflags-internal.pc \
 		tests/lib1/requires-internal.pc \
 		tests/lib1/requires-internal-2.pc \
diff --git a/tests/lib1/escaped-space.pc b/tests/lib1/escaped-space.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1546e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib1/escaped-space.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Name: escaped-space
+Version: 1
+Description: test package for backslash escape of spaces
+Cflags: -IC:\\A\ space
diff --git a/tests/parser.sh b/tests/parser.sh
index c83c60c..8eb9b8e 100755
--- a/tests/parser.sh
+++ b/tests/parser.sh
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ escaped_backslash_body()
 		pkgconf --with-path=${selfdir}/lib1 --cflags escaped-backslash
 }
 
+escaped_space_body()
+{
+	atf_check \
+		-e ignore \
+		-o inline:"-IC:\\\\\\\\A space\n" \
+		pkgconf --with-path=${selfdir}/lib1 --cflags escaped-space
+}
+
 quoted_body()
 {
 	export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${selfdir}/lib1"