diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py b/scrapy/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
index 614bac037..14a26fe33 100644
--- a/scrapy/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_downloader_handlers.py
@@ -213,6 +213,16 @@ class HttpProxyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         request = Request('http://example.com', meta={'proxy': http_proxy})
         return self.download_request(request, BaseSpider('foo')).addCallback(_test)
 
+    def test_download_with_proxy_https_noconnect(self):
+        def _test(response):
+            self.assertEquals(response.status, 200)
+            self.assertEquals(response.url, request.url)
+            self.assertEquals(response.body, 'https://example.com')
+
+        http_proxy = '%s?noconnect' % self.getURL('')
+        request = Request('https://example.com', meta={'proxy': http_proxy})
+        return self.download_request(request, BaseSpider('foo')).addCallback(_test)
+
     def test_download_without_proxy(self):
         def _test(response):
             self.assertEquals(response.status, 200)