diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/set-null-text-node/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/set-null-text-node/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22a2e322ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/set-null-text-node/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const data = { foo: null };
+
+export default {
+	data,
+
+	html: '',
+
+	test(assert, component, target) {
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, 'hi there');
+
+		data.foo = 'friend';
+		component.set(data);
+
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, 'hi there friend');
+
+		data.foo = null;
+		component.set(data);
+
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, 'hi there');
+
+	}
+};
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diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/set-null-text-node/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/set-null-text-node/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30fd0b3932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/set-null-text-node/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hi there {foo}
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