diff --git a/test/yarp/fixtures/heredoc_with_escaped_newline_at_start.txt b/test/yarp/fixtures/heredoc_with_escaped_newline_at_start.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81f314e0b3
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+++ b/test/yarp/fixtures/heredoc_with_escaped_newline_at_start.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<<-TARGET.gsub /^\s{/, ''\
+TARGET
+
+
+<<-TARGET.gsub /^\s{/, ''\
+TARGET
+