diff --git a/test/data/POC-file_issue_1019 b/test/data/POC-file_issue_1019
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0a237b3f
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/data/POC-file_issue_1019 differ
diff --git a/tests/bugfixes/github/test_issue_1019.py b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_issue_1019.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2682f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_issue_1019.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from system_tests import CaseMeta, path
+
+
+class OverreadInCiffDirectoryReadDirectory(metaclass=CaseMeta):
+
+    filename = path("$data_path/POC-file_issue_1019")
+    commands = ["$exiv2 -pv $filename"]
+    stdout = [""]
+    stderr = [
+        """$exiv2_exception_message $filename:
+$kerOffsetOutOfRange
+"""
+    ]
+    retval = [1]
diff --git a/tests/suite.conf b/tests/suite.conf
index 7aa1b515..f829b4cc 100644
--- a/tests/suite.conf
+++ b/tests/suite.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ easyaccess_test: ${ENV:exiv2_path}/easyaccess-test${ENV:binary_extension}
 taglist: ${ENV:exiv2_path}/taglist${ENV:binary_extension}
 
 [variables]
+kerOffsetOutOfRange: Offset out of range
 kerFailedToReadImageData: Failed to read image data
 kerCorruptedMetadata: corrupted image metadata
 kerInvalidMalloc: invalid memory allocation request