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diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/styles/marker-on-line-and-line-placement.xml b/tests/visual_tests/styles/marker-on-line-and-line-placement.xml
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+++ b/tests/visual_tests/styles/marker-on-line-and-line-placement.xml
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+<Map>
+<Style name="line" filter-mode="first" >
+  <Rule>
+    <LineSymbolizer stroke="#000000" />
+  </Rule>
+</Style>
+<Style name="point-placement" filter-mode="first" >
+  <Rule>
+    <MarkersSymbolizer allow-overlap="false" ignore-placement="true" placement="line" marker-type="ellipse" fill="blue" />
+    <DebugSymbolizer  />
+  </Rule>
+</Style>
+<Layer name="carto_tests">
+    <StyleName>line</StyleName>
+    <StyleName>point-placement</StyleName>
+    <Datasource>
+       <Parameter name="type">csv</Parameter>
+       <Parameter name="file">../data/marker-on-line.csv</Parameter>
+       <Parameter name="separator">|</Parameter>
+    </Datasource>
+  </Layer>
+</Map>
diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/test.py b/tests/visual_tests/test.py
index d4723d3f7..77edd0166 100755
--- a/tests/visual_tests/test.py
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/test.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ files = {
     'marker-multi-policy': {'sizes':[(600,400)]},
     'marker-on-line': {'sizes':[(600,400)],
         'bbox': mapnik.Box2d(-10, 0, 15, 20)},
+    'marker-on-line-and-line-placement': {'sizes':[(600,400)],
+        'bbox': mapnik.Box2d(-10, 0, 15, 20)},
     'marker-on-line-spacing-eq-width': {'sizes':[(600,400)]},
     'marker-on-line-spacing-eq-width-overlap': {'sizes':[(600,400)]},
     'marker_line_placement_on_points':{},