diff --git a/tests/fate/video.mak b/tests/fate/video.mak
index cd1a865a15..e5dd6201c3 100644
--- a/tests/fate/video.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/video.mak
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ fate-amv: CMD = framecrc -idct simple -i $(SAMPLES)/amv/MTV_high_res_320x240_sam
 FATE_VIDEO += fate-ansi
 fate-ansi: CMD = framecrc -chars_per_frame 44100 -i $(SAMPLES)/ansi/TRE-IOM5.ANS -pix_fmt rgb24
 
+FATE_VIDEO += fate-ansi256
+fate-ansi256: CMD = framecrc -chars_per_frame 44100 -i $(SAMPLES)/ansi/ansi256.ans -pix_fmt rgb24
+
 FATE_VIDEO += fate-armovie-escape124
 fate-armovie-escape124: CMD = framecrc -i $(SAMPLES)/rpl/ESCAPE.RPL -pix_fmt rgb24
 
diff --git a/tests/ref/fate/ansi256 b/tests/ref/fate/ansi256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94acd45831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/fate/ansi256
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#tb 0: 1/25
+0,          0,          0,        1,   768000, 0x4dfbb6d0
+0,          1,          1,        1,   768000, 0x22652a22
+0,          2,          2,        1,   768000, 0x6c613e8c
+0,          3,          3,        1,   768000, 0x82471f25
+0,          4,          4,        1,   768000, 0xd8dc5ac6
+0,          5,          5,        1,   768000, 0x1afdc026
+0,          6,          6,        1,   768000, 0x518f3ba1
+0,          7,          7,        1,   768000, 0xa82a8e4b