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diff --git a/test/unit/obj/test_server.py b/test/unit/obj/test_server.py
index 074bba6..e85ec45 100755
--- a/test/unit/obj/test_server.py
+++ b/test/unit/obj/test_server.py
@@ -661,6 +661,23 @@ class TestObjectController(unittest.TestCase):
             resp = req.get_response(self.object_controller)
             self.assertEquals(resp.status_int, 408)
 
+    def test_slow_client_timeout(self):
+        def exploding_iter():
+            for i in range(3):
+                yield 'a' * 64
+            raise object_server.ChunkReadTimeout()
+        file_like_exploder = mock.MagicMock()
+        file_like_exploder.read.side_effect = exploding_iter()
+        timestamp = normalize_timestamp(time())
+        req = Request.blank(
+            '/sda1/p/a/c/o', environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'PUT'},
+            headers={'X-Timestamp': timestamp,
+                     'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+                     'Content-Length': '6'})
+        req.environ['wsgi.input'] = file_like_exploder
+        resp = req.get_response(self.object_controller)
+        self.assertEquals(resp.status_int, 408)
+
     def test_PUT_container_connection(self):
 
         def mock_http_connect(response, with_exc=False):