--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+test_description="Testing encoding issues"
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_begin_subtest "Message with text of unknown charset"
+add_message '[content-type]="text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit"' \
+ "[body]=irrelevant"
+output=$($NOTMUCH show id:${gen_msg_id} 2>&1 | notmuch_show_sanitize)
+test_expect_equal "$output" "\fmessage{ id:msg-001@notmuch-test-suite depth:0 match:1 filename:/XXX/mail/msg-001
+\fheader{
+Notmuch Test Suite <test_suite@notmuchmail.org> (2001-01-05) (inbox unread)
+Subject: Test message #1
+From: Notmuch Test Suite <test_suite@notmuchmail.org>
+To: Notmuch Test Suite <test_suite@notmuchmail.org>
+Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2001 15:43:57 -0000
+\fheader}
+\fbody{
+\fpart{ ID: 1, Content-type: text/plain
+irrelevant
+\fpart}
+\fbody}
+\fmessage}"
+
+test_done