diff --git a/python/samba/tests/smb2symlink.py b/python/samba/tests/smb2symlink.py
index 32d2f94b37e..a2084c6a5de 100644
--- a/python/samba/tests/smb2symlink.py
+++ b/python/samba/tests/smb2symlink.py
@@ -177,6 +177,21 @@ class Smb2SymlinkTests(samba.tests.libsmb.LibsmbTests):
 
         self.clean_file(smb1, symlink)
 
+    def test_symlink_reparse_data_buffer_parse(self):
+        """Test parsing a symlink reparse buffer coming from Windows"""
+
+        buf = (b'\x0c\x00\x00\xa0\x18\x00\x00\x00'
+               b'\x06\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00'
+               b'\x01\x00\x00\x00\x62\x00\x61\x00'
+               b'\x72\x00\x62\x00\x61\x00\x72\x00')
+
+        try:
+            syml = reparse_symlink.symlink_get(buf);
+        except:
+            self.fail("Could not parse symlink buffer")
+
+        self.assertEqual(syml, ('bar', 'bar', 0, 1));
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import unittest
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/selftest/knownfail.d/symlink b/selftest/knownfail.d/symlink
index 64135666aec..ade7b9e70c6 100644
--- a/selftest/knownfail.d/symlink
+++ b/selftest/knownfail.d/symlink
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 ^samba.tests.smb2symlink.samba.tests.smb2symlink.Smb2SymlinkTests.test_symlinkerror_file
 ^samba.tests.smb2symlink.samba.tests.smb2symlink.Smb2SymlinkTests.test_symlinkerror_absolute_outside_share
 ^samba.tests.smb2symlink.samba.tests.smb2symlink.Smb2SymlinkTests.test_symlinkerror_absolute_inshare
+^samba.tests.smb2symlink.samba.tests.smb2symlink.Smb2SymlinkTests.test_symlink_reparse_data_buffer_parse