diff --git a/t/t9131-git-svn-empty-symlink.sh b/t/t9131-git-svn-empty-symlink.sh
index 20529a8..8f35e29 100755
--- a/t/t9131-git-svn-empty-symlink.sh
+++ b/t/t9131-git-svn-empty-symlink.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'clone using git svn' 'git svn clone -r1 "$svnrepo" x'
+test_expect_success 'enable broken symlink workaround' \
+  '(cd x && git config svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround true)'
 test_expect_success '"bar" is an empty file' 'test -f x/bar && ! test -s x/bar'
 test_expect_success 'get "bar" => symlink fix from svn' \
 		'(cd x && git svn rebase)'
@@ -97,4 +99,12 @@
 		'(cd y && git svn rebase)'
 test_expect_success '"bar" does not become a symlink' '! test -L y/bar'
 
+# svn.brokenSymlinkWorkaround is unset
+test_expect_success 'clone using git svn' 'git svn clone -r1 "$svnrepo" z'
+test_expect_success '"bar" is an empty file' 'test -f z/bar && ! test -s z/bar'
+test_expect_success 'get "bar" => symlink fix from svn' \
+		'(cd z && git svn rebase)'
+test_expect_success '"bar" does not become a symlink' '! test -L z/bar'
+
+
 test_done