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diff --git a/tests/bugfixes/github/test_issue_1530.py b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_issue_1530.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from system_tests import CaseMeta, path
+
+
+class MrmImageLargeAllocation(metaclass=CaseMeta):
+    """
+    Regression test for the bug described in:
+    https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/pull/943
+    """
+    url = "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1530"
+
+    filename1 = path("$data_path/issue_1530_poc.crw")
+    filename2 = path("$data_path/issue_1530_poc.exv")
+    commands = ["$exiv2 in $filename1 $filename2"]
+    stdout = [""]
+    stderr = [
+"""$filename1: Could not write metadata to file: corrupted image metadata
+"""]
+    retval = [1]