diff --git a/test/functional/tools/gzipped_inputs.xml b/test/functional/tools/gzipped_inputs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b73d34005b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/tools/gzipped_inputs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<tool id="gzipped_inputs" name="Echo Dataset">
+    <command>
+        cat $input1 > $out_file1
+    </command>
+    <inputs>
+        <param name="input1" type="data" label="Concatenate Dataset"/>
+    </inputs>
+    <outputs>
+        <data name="out_file1" format="input" metadata_source="input1"/>
+    </outputs>
+    <tests>
+        <test>
+            <param name="input1" value="4.bed.gz" />
+            <output name="out_file1" file="4.bed" />
+        </test>
+    </tests>
+    <help>
+    </help>
+</tool>
diff --git a/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml b/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml
index 9c35b4a5eee..4788a21b132 100644
--- a/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml
+++ b/test/functional/tools/samples_tool_conf.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   <tool file="multi_output_assign_primary.xml" />
   <tool file="composite_output.xml" />
   <tool file="metadata.xml" />
+  <tool file="gzipped_inputs.xml" />
   <tool file="output_order.xml" />
   <tool file="output_format.xml" />
   <tool file="output_filter.xml" />