diff --git a/src/tests/test_txn_close_open_commit.c b/src/tests/test_txn_close_open_commit.c
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+/* -*- mode: C; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <db.h>
+#include "test.h"
+
+void test_txn_close_open_commit(void) {
+
+#ifndef USE_TDB
+#if DB_VERSION_MAJOR==4 && DB_VERSION_MINOR==3
+    if (verbose) fprintf(stderr, "%s does not work for BDB %d.%d.   Not running\n", __FILE__, DB_VERSION_MAJOR, DB_VERSION_MINOR);
+    return;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+    system("rm -rf " ENVDIR);
+    mkdir(ENVDIR, 0777);
+
+    int r;
+    DB_ENV *env;
+    r = db_env_create(&env, 0); assert(r == 0);
+    r = env->set_data_dir(env, ENVDIR);
+    r = env->set_lg_dir(env, ENVDIR);
+    env->set_errfile(env, stdout);
+    r = env->open(env, 0, DB_INIT_MPOOL + DB_INIT_LOG + DB_INIT_LOCK + DB_INIT_TXN + DB_PRIVATE + DB_CREATE, 0777); 
+    if (r != 0) printf("%s:%d:%d:%s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, r, db_strerror(r));
+    assert(r == 0);
+
+    DB_TXN *txn = 0;
+    r = env->txn_begin(env, 0, &txn, 0); assert(r == 0);
+
+    DB *db;
+    r = db_create(&db, env, 0); assert(r == 0);
+    r = db->open(db, txn, "test.db", 0, DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE, 0777); assert(r == 0);
+
+    {
+	struct stat statbuf;
+	r = stat(ENVDIR "/test.db", &statbuf);
+	assert(r==0);
+    }
+
+    DBT key, val;
+    int k = 1, v = 1;
+    r = db->put(db, txn, dbt_init(&key, &k, sizeof k), dbt_init(&val, &v, sizeof v), 0);
+    assert(r == 0);
+
+    // Close before commit
+    r = db->close(db, 0); assert(r == 0);
+
+    r = db_create(&db, env, 0); assert(r == 0);
+    r = db->open(db, txn, "test.db", 0, DB_UNKNOWN, 0, 0777); assert(r == 0);
+
+    r = txn->commit(txn, 0); assert(r == 0);
+
+    r = db->close(db, 0); assert(r == 0);
+
+    r = env->close(env, 0); assert(r == 0);
+
+    {
+	struct stat statbuf;
+	r = stat(ENVDIR "/test.db", &statbuf);
+	assert(r==0);
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int UU(argc), char UU(*argv[])) {
+    test_txn_close_open_commit();
+    return 0;
+}