diff --git a/tests/docs/Makefile.am b/tests/docs/Makefile.am
index b582c697..bea51d9e 100644
--- a/tests/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =	\
 	bug-80.xml \
 	bug-81.xml \
 	bug-82.xml \
+	bug-83.xml \
 	character.xml \
 	array.xml \
 	items.xml
diff --git a/tests/docs/bug-83.xml b/tests/docs/bug-83.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69d62f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/bug-83.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<doc/>
diff --git a/tests/general/Makefile.am b/tests/general/Makefile.am
index 7dee0ed8..d83788d8 100644
--- a/tests/general/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/general/Makefile.am
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
     bug-80.out bug-80.xsl \
     bug-81.out bug-81.xsl \
     bug-82.out bug-82.xsl \
+    bug-83.out bug-83.xsl \
     character.out character.xsl \
     character2.out character2.xsl \
     itemschoose.out itemschoose.xsl \
diff --git a/tests/general/bug-83.out b/tests/general/bug-83.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..331bf0dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/general/bug-83.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<a href="a%20b%20c"></a>
diff --git a/tests/general/bug-83.xsl b/tests/general/bug-83.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbdc0bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/general/bug-83.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
+  xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format"
+                  version="1.0">
+<xsl:output method="html"
+            encoding="ISO-8859-1"
+            indent="no"/>
+
+
+<xsl:template match="*">
+<a href="a b c"/>
+</xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet>