diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/tests.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/tests.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc7fb25e158f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchurl/tests.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ invalidateFetcherByDrvHash, fetchurl, jq, moreutils, ... }: {
+  # Tests that we can send custom headers with spaces in them
+  header =
+    let headerValue = "Test '\" <- These are some quotes";
+    in invalidateFetcherByDrvHash fetchurl {
+      url = "https://httpbin.org/headers";
+      sha256 = builtins.hashString "sha256" (headerValue + "\n");
+      curlOptsList = [ "-H" "Hello: ${headerValue}" ];
+      postFetch = ''
+        ${jq}/bin/jq -r '.headers.Hello' $out | ${moreutils}/bin/sponge $out
+      '';
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/test/default.nix b/pkgs/test/default.nix
index 4110327946d9..0e8d5ee0f23b 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/default.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ with pkgs;
   cc-multilib-gcc = callPackage ./cc-wrapper/multilib.nix { stdenv = gccMultiStdenv; };
   cc-multilib-clang = callPackage ./cc-wrapper/multilib.nix { stdenv = clangMultiStdenv; };
 
+  fetchurl = callPackages ../build-support/fetchurl/tests.nix { };
   fetchpatch = callPackages ../build-support/fetchpatch/tests.nix { };
   fetchgit = callPackages ../build-support/fetchgit/tests.nix { };
   fetchFirefoxAddon = callPackages ../build-support/fetchfirefoxaddon/tests.nix { };