diff --git a/tests/index/version.c b/tests/index/version.c
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--- a/tests/index/version.c
+++ b/tests/index/version.c
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ void test_index_version__cleanup(void)
         g_repo = NULL;
 }
 
+void test_index_version__can_read_v4(void)
+{
+	const char *paths[] = {
+	    "file.tx", "file.txt", "file.txz", "foo", "zzz",
+	};
+	git_index *index;
+	size_t i;
+
+	g_repo = cl_git_sandbox_init("indexv4");
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_repository_index(&index, g_repo));
+	cl_assert_equal_sz(git_index_entrycount(index), 5);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(paths); i++) {
+		const git_index_entry *entry =
+		    git_index_get_bypath(index, paths[i], GIT_INDEX_STAGE_NORMAL);
+
+		cl_assert(entry != NULL);
+	}
+
+	git_index_free(index);
+}
+
 void test_index_version__can_write_v4(void)
 {
 	git_index *index;
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