diff --git a/tests/lib1/multiline.pc b/tests/lib1/multiline.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce27dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib1/multiline.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+prefix=/usr
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: multiline
+Description: A multiline \
+             description
+Version: 1.2.3
diff --git a/tests/run.sh.in b/tests/run.sh.in
index 68b1217..befa89a 100644
--- a/tests/run.sh.in
+++ b/tests/run.sh.in
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --max-version 2.0 'foo '; echo
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --cflags missing-require; echo \$?" \
 	'1'
 
+# test the multiline description field
+run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --list-all | grep -q 'multiline description'; echo \$?" \
+	'0'
+
 # test quoted #35
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --cflags quotes" \
 	"-DQUOTED=\\\"bla\\\""