diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/bug_bits.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/bug_bits.phpt
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index 00000000000..d87505f8b6c
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+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/bug_bits.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug (Incorrectly decoding bit values / Malformed server packet. Field length pointing)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+require_once('skipif.inc');
+require_once('skipifconnectfailure.inc');
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+require_once("connect.inc");
+if (!$link = my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket)) {
+    printf("[001] Connect failed, [%d] %s\n", mysqli_connect_errno(), mysqli_connect_error());
+}
+
+if (!$link->query("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS bug_bits")) {
+    printf("[002] [%d] %s\n", $link->errno, $link->error);
+}
+
+if (!$link->query("CREATE TABLE `bug_bits` (`inty` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `bitty` bit(64) NOT NULL DEFAULT b'0')")) {
+    printf("[003] [%d] %s\n", $link->errno, $link->error);
+}
+
+$insertQuery = "INSERT INTO `bug_bits` VALUES (18446744073709551615, 18446744073709551615), (18446744073709551614, 18446744073709551614)";
+if (!$link->query($insertQuery)) {
+    printf("[004] [%d] %s\n", $link->errno, $link->error);
+}
+
+if (!($res = $link->query("SELECT * FROM `bug_bits`"))) {
+    printf("[005] [%d] %s\n", $link->errno, $link->error);
+}
+
+while ($row = $res->fetch_assoc()) {
+	var_dump($row);
+}
+
+$link->close();
+
+echo "Done\n";	
+?>
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+require_once("connect.inc");
+if (!$link = my_mysqli_connect($host, $user, $passwd, $db, $port, $socket))
+    printf("[c001] [%d] %s\n", mysqli_connect_errno(), mysqli_connect_error());
+
+if (!mysqli_query($link, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS bug72489"))
+    printf("[c002] Cannot drop table, [%d] %s\n", mysqli_errno($link), mysqli_error($link));
+
+mysqli_close($link);
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+array(2) {
+  ["inty"]=>
+  string(20) "18446744073709551615"
+  ["bitty"]=>
+  string(20) "18446744073709551615"
+}
+array(2) {
+  ["inty"]=>
+  string(20) "18446744073709551614"
+  ["bitty"]=>
+  string(20) "18446744073709551614"
+}
+Done