tests/split/record-sep.sh \
tests/split/numeric.sh \
tests/split/guard-input.sh \
+ tests/split/non-utf8.sh \
tests/split/split-io-err.sh \
tests/stat/stat-birthtime.sh \
tests/stat/stat-fmt.sh \
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Verify that split preserves non-UTF-8 bytes in prefix and suffix.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ split
+
+echo a > "$(bad_unicode)" \
+ || skip_ 'bad unicode not supported in shell or file system'
+
+# Non-UTF-8 bytes in prefix should be preserved, not replaced
+# by UTF-8 replacement characters (0xEF 0xBF 0xBD).
+prefix="$(bad_unicode)"
+printf 'AB' | split -b1 - "$prefix" || fail=1
+test -f "$(printf '%saa' $prefix)" || fail=1
+test -f "$(printf '%sab' $prefix)" || fail=1
+
+# Non-UTF-8 bytes in --additional-suffix should also be preserved.
+suffix="$(bad_unicode)"
+printf 'AB' | split -b1 --additional-suffix="$suffix" - q || fail=1
+test -f "$(printf 'qaa%s' "$suffix")" || fail=1
+test -f "$(printf 'qab%s' "$suffix")" || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail