diff --git a/tests/reftests/Makefile.am b/tests/reftests/Makefile.am
index 3879a2d8a4..c9ab2e4a4f 100644
--- a/tests/reftests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/reftests/Makefile.am
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 	iconview-empty.css \
 	iconview-empty.ui \
 	iconview-empty.ref.ui \
+	image-load-from-file.css \
+	image-load-from-file.ref.ui \
+	image-load-from-file.ui \
 	info-bar-message-types.css \
 	info-bar-message-types.ref.ui \
 	info-bar-message-types.ui \
diff --git a/tests/reftests/image-load-from-file.css b/tests/reftests/image-load-from-file.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b4ac8ed03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/reftests/image-load-from-file.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#reference {
+  background: lime;
+}
diff --git a/tests/reftests/image-load-from-file.ref.ui b/tests/reftests/image-load-from-file.ref.ui
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02d22c0098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/reftests/image-load-from-file.ref.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<interface>
+  <!-- interface-requires gtk+ 3.0 -->
+  <object class="GtkWindow" id="window1">
+    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+    <property name="type">popup</property>
+    <child>
+      <object class="GtkImage" id="image1">
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+        <property name="width_request">20</property>
+        <property name="height_request">20</property>
+        <property name="name">reference</property>
+      </object>
+    </child>
+  </object>
+</interface>
diff --git a/tests/reftests/image-load-from-file.ui b/tests/reftests/image-load-from-file.ui
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f06d162d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/reftests/image-load-from-file.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<interface>
+  <!-- interface-requires gtk+ 3.0 -->
+  <object class="GtkWindow" id="window1">
+    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+    <property name="type">popup</property>
+    <child>
+      <object class="GtkImage" id="image1">
+        <property name="visible">True</property>
+        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+        <property name="file">green-20x20.png</property>
+      </object>
+    </child>
+  </object>
+</interface>