diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index 2737ca6346..646c4750ec 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -1438,4 +1438,11 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch --zero-commit' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'From line has expected format' '
+	git format-patch --stdout v2..v1 >patch2 &&
+	grep "^From " patch2 >from &&
+	grep "^From $_x40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001$" patch2 >filtered &&
+	test_cmp from filtered
+'
+
 test_done