diff --git a/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtilsTest.java b/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtilsTest.java
index a2cd4ebd1..80436300f 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtilsTest.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/test/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtilsTest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Packet;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Presence;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.test.util.TestUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 import com.jamesmurty.utils.XMLBuilder;
@@ -789,6 +790,14 @@ public class PacketParserUtilsTest {
     	assertEquals(1, presence.getPriority());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void parseContentDepthTest() throws Exception {
+        final String stanza = "<iq type='result' to='foo@bar.com' from='baz.com' id='42'/>";
+        XmlPullParser parser = TestUtils.getParser(stanza, "iq");
+        String content = PacketParserUtils.parseContentDepth(parser, 1);
+        assertEquals("", content);
+    }
+
     private String determineNonDefaultLanguage() {
         String otherLanguage = "jp";
         Locale[] availableLocales = Locale.getAvailableLocales();