diff --git a/tests/xml/xmltest.cpp b/tests/xml/xmltest.cpp
index 6d7faeb3c8..d8cda12b03 100644
--- a/tests/xml/xmltest.cpp
+++ b/tests/xml/xmltest.cpp
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ private:
         CPPUNIT_TEST( InsertChild );
         CPPUNIT_TEST( InsertChildAfter );
         CPPUNIT_TEST( LoadSave );
+        CPPUNIT_TEST( CDATA );
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
 
     void InsertChild();
     void InsertChildAfter();
     void LoadSave();
+    void CDATA();
 
     DECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(XmlTestCase)
 };
@@ -189,3 +191,26 @@ void XmlTestCase::LoadSave()
                           wxString(sos8.GetString().ToUTF8()) );
 }
 
+void XmlTestCase::CDATA()
+{
+    const char *xmlText =
+        "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"windows-1252\"?>\n"
+        "<name>\n"
+        "  <![CDATA[Giovanni Mittone]]>\n"
+        "</name>\n"
+    ;
+
+    wxStringInputStream sis(xmlText);
+    wxXmlDocument doc;
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( doc.Load(sis) );
+
+    wxXmlNode *n = doc.GetRoot();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( n );
+
+    n = n->GetChildren();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( n );
+
+    // currently leading white space is stripped by trailing is preserved (see
+    // #10552)
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL( "Giovanni Mittone\n", n->GetContent() );
+}