diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.1.ddl.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.1.ddl.aql
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+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.1.ddl.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : empty-load-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on primary and secondary indexes
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+create type LineItemType as closed {
+  l_orderkey: int32, 
+  l_partkey: int32, 
+  l_suppkey: int32, 
+  l_linenumber: int32, 
+  l_quantity: double, 
+  l_extendedprice: double,
+  l_discount: double, 
+  l_tax: double,
+  l_returnflag: string, 
+  l_linestatus: string, 
+  l_shipdate: string,
+  l_commitdate: string, 
+  l_receiptdate: string, 
+  l_shipinstruct: string, 
+  l_shipmode: string, 
+  l_comment: string
+}
+
+create dataset LineItem(LineItemType)
+  primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
+
+create index part_index on LineItem(l_partkey);
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.2.update.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.2.update.aql
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+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.2.update.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : empty-load-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on primary and secondary indexes
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/empty.adm"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+
+load dataset LineItem 
+using "edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+(("path"="nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.3.query.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.3.query.aql
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+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/dml/empty-load-with-index/empty-load-with-index.3.query.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/* 
+ * Test case Name  : empty-load-with-index.aql
+ * Description     : Check that an empty load doesn't preclude a future non-empty load on primary and secondary indexes
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ * Date            : May 2 2012
+ */
+
+use dataverse test;
+
+for $c in dataset('LineItem')
+order by $c.l_orderkey, $c.l_linenumber
+limit 1
+return $c
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diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
index f37ae3f..d099b83 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite.xml
@@ -960,6 +960,11 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="dml">
+      <compilation-unit name="empty-load-with-index">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">empty-load-with-index</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="dml">
       <compilation-unit name="insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index">
         <output-dir compare="Text">insert-into-empty-dataset-with-index</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>