diff --git a/tests/system/suite_tools/suite.conf b/tests/system/suite_tools/suite.conf
index 6363d78f1e6..c34c152be13 100644
--- a/tests/system/suite_tools/suite.conf
+++ b/tests/system/suite_tools/suite.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ HOOK_SUB_PROCESSES=false
 IMPLICITAUTSTART=0
 LANGUAGE=Python
 OBJECTMAP=../objects.map
-TEST_CASES=tst_designer_autocomplete tst_designer_goto_slot
+TEST_CASES=tst_designer_autocomplete tst_designer_goto_slot tst_external_sort
 VERSION=2
 WRAPPERS=Qt
diff --git a/tests/system/suite_tools/tst_external_sort/test.py b/tests/system/suite_tools/tst_external_sort/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edff6e4656d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system/suite_tools/tst_external_sort/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#############################################################################
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+## Contact: http://www.qt-project.org/legal
+##
+## This file is part of Qt Creator.
+##
+## Commercial License Usage
+## Licensees holding valid commercial Qt licenses may use this file in
+## accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the
+## Software or, alternatively, in accordance with the terms contained in
+## a written agreement between you and Digia.  For licensing terms and
+## conditions see http://qt.digia.com/licensing.  For further information
+## use the contact form at http://qt.digia.com/contact-us.
+##
+## GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
+## Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
+## General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
+## packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
+## ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
+## will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
+##
+## In addition, as a special exception, Digia gives you certain additional
+## rights.  These rights are described in the Digia Qt LGPL Exception
+## version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+##
+#############################################################################
+
+source("../../shared/qtcreator.py")
+
+def main():
+    startApplication("qtcreator" + SettingsPath)
+    if not startedWithoutPluginError():
+        return
+    invokeMenuItem("File", "Open File or Project...")
+    unsortedFile = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "testdata", "unsorted.txt")
+    sorted = getOutputFromCmdline("sort %s" % unsortedFile).replace("\r", "")
+    selectFromFileDialog(unsortedFile)
+    invokeMenuItem("Edit", "Select All")
+    invokeMenuItem("Tools", "External", "Text", "Sort Selection")
+    editor = waitForObject("{type='TextEditor::PlainTextEditorWidget' unnamed='1' "
+                           "visible='1' window=':Qt Creator_Core::Internal::MainWindow'}", 3000)
+    test.verify(waitFor("str(editor.plainText) == sorted", 2000),
+                "Verify that sorted text\n%s\nmatches the expected text\n%s" % (editor.plainText, sorted))
+    invokeMenuItem('File', 'Revert "unsorted.txt" to Saved')
+    clickButton(waitForObject(":Revert to Saved.Proceed_QPushButton"))
+    invokeMenuItem("File", "Exit")
diff --git a/tests/system/suite_tools/tst_external_sort/testdata/unsorted.txt b/tests/system/suite_tools/tst_external_sort/testdata/unsorted.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e695a1e9e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system/suite_tools/tst_external_sort/testdata/unsorted.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+bbb
+
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+AAA
+c >> dir
+aa a
+b > nul
+aaa1
+a | ls
+aaa
+1A
+ aa
+aba
+ab 
+a
+1a
+aa
+12.345
+12,345
+1a
+*
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+!