--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
+#
+# Test retrieving a file with a 'ftp://' URL,
+# via a HTTP proxy.
+#
+
+print "1..1\n";
+
+require "net/config.pl";
+unless (defined $net::ftp_proxy) {
+ print "not ok 1\n";
+ exit 0;
+}
+
+require LWP::Debug;
+require LWP::UserAgent;
+
+#LWP::Debug::level('+');
+
+my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent; # create a useragent to test
+
+$ua->proxy('ftp', $net::ftp_proxy);
+
+my $url = new URI::URL('ftp://ftp.uninett.no/');
+
+my $request = new HTTP::Request('GET', $url);
+
+my $response = $ua->request($request, undef, undef);
+
+my $str = $response->as_string;
+
+if ($response->is_success) {
+ print "ok 1\n";
+}
+else {
+ print "not ok 1\n";
+}