diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/Strip/CompileStripTest.php b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/Strip/CompileStripTest.php
index 72d29675..547b3929 100644
--- a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/Strip/CompileStripTest.php
+++ b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/Strip/CompileStripTest.php
@@ -57,4 +57,20 @@ class CompileStripTest extends PHPUnit_Smarty
 
             </textarea>   foobar'), $this->smarty->fetch('strip_multi_line_textarea_html_tag.tpl'));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * test strip tag output tag
+     */
+    public function testStripOutputTag()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('<h1>1 <em>italic</em></h1>', $this->smarty->fetch('strip_with_output_tag.tpl'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * test strip tag no output tag
+     */
+    public function testStripNoOutputTag()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('<h1><em>italic</em></h1>', $this->smarty->fetch('strip_with_no_output_tag.tpl'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/Strip/templates/strip_with_no_output_tag.tpl b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/Strip/templates/strip_with_no_output_tag.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a6fe026
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/Strip/templates/strip_with_no_output_tag.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{strip}
+    <h1>{counter assign=foo} <em>italic</em></h1>
+{/strip}
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diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/Strip/templates/strip_with_output_tag.tpl b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/Strip/templates/strip_with_output_tag.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b23240a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/Strip/templates/strip_with_output_tag.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{strip}
+    <h1>{counter} <em>italic</em></h1>
+{/strip}
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