diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/clean.sh b/tests/visual_tests/clean.sh
index 8733c453a..5184aa6ca 100755
--- a/tests/visual_tests/clean.sh
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/clean.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 rm -f list-[0-9][0-9]0-agg.png
 rm -f simple-[0-9][0-9]0-agg.png
-rm -f simple-{E,N,NE,NW,N,SE,SW,S,W}-500-agg.png
-rm -f formating-500-agg.png
+rm -f *-500-agg.png
 rm -f *-out.xml
 
diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/shieldsymbolizer-1-500-reference.png b/tests/visual_tests/shieldsymbolizer-1-500-reference.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..820509dd5
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/visual_tests/shieldsymbolizer-1-500-reference.png differ
diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/shieldsymbolizer-1.xml b/tests/visual_tests/shieldsymbolizer-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0f726d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/shieldsymbolizer-1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE Map>
+<Map background-color="white" srs="+proj=latlong +datum=WGS84">
+
+  <Layer name="layer" srs="+proj=latlong +datum=WGS84">
+    <StyleName>My Style</StyleName>
+    <Datasource>
+      <Parameter name="type">shape</Parameter>
+      <Parameter name="file">points.shp</Parameter>
+    </Datasource>
+  </Layer>
+
+    <Style name="My Style">
+    <Rule>
+      <ShieldSymbolizer face-name="DejaVu Sans Book" size="16" placement="point" file="../data/svg/rect.svg" dx="0" dy="-5">'x'</ShieldSymbolizer>
+    </Rule>
+  </Style>
+
+</Map>
diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/test.py b/tests/visual_tests/test.py
index ac8ed4f89..616b0cb4b 100755
--- a/tests/visual_tests/test.py
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/test.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ widths = [ 800, 600, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100]
 filenames = ["list", "simple"]
 filenames_one_width = ["simple-E", "simple-NE", "simple-NW", "simple-N",
     "simple-SE", "simple-SW", "simple-S", "simple-W",
-    "formating-1", "formating-2", "formating-3", "formating-4"]
+    "formating-1", "formating-2", "formating-3", "formating-4",
+    "shieldsymbolizer-1"]
     
 def render(filename, width):
     print "Rendering style \"%s\" with width %d" % (filename, width)