diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/grids/text-bengali-800-100-1.0-grid-reference.json b/tests/visual_tests/grids/text-bengali-800-100-1.0-grid-reference.json
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+  "", 
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diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/styles/text-bengali.xml b/tests/visual_tests/styles/text-bengali.xml
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index 000000000..7780dd05d
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+++ b/tests/visual_tests/styles/text-bengali.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE Map>
+<Map background-color="white" srs="+proj=latlong +datum=WGS84" font-directory="/usr/share/fonts/truetype/lohit-bengali/">
+    <Layer name="layer" srs="+proj=latlong +datum=WGS84">
+	    <StyleName>My Style</StyleName>
+	    <Datasource>
+		<Parameter name="type">osm</Parameter>
+		<Parameter name="file">../data/points.osm</Parameter>
+	    </Datasource>
+    </Layer>
+    <Style name="My Style">
+      <Rule>
+	    <Filter>[nr] = "3"</Filter>
+	    <TextSymbolizer face-name="Lohit Bengali Regular" size="30" placement="point" dy="0">"গোপালগঞ্জ"</TextSymbolizer>
+	</Rule>
+	<Rule>
+	    <Filter>[nr] = "5"</Filter>
+	    <TextSymbolizer face-name="Lohit Bengali Regular" size="30" placement="point" dy="0">"ঝিনাইদহ"</TextSymbolizer>
+	</Rule>
+	<Rule>
+	    <Filter>[nr] = "7"</Filter>
+	    <TextSymbolizer face-name="Lohit Bengali Regular" size="30" placement="point" dy="0">"কুষ্টিয়া"</TextSymbolizer>
+	</Rule>
+    </Style>
+</Map>
diff --git a/tests/visual_tests/test.py b/tests/visual_tests/test.py
index 521304ad4..cdeb9be00 100755
--- a/tests/visual_tests/test.py
+++ b/tests/visual_tests/test.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ text_tests = [
     {'name': "text-halign", 'sizes': [(800,800)], 'bbox':default_text_box},
     # Disabled by default as the required font isn't shipped with mapnik
     #{'name': "text-malayalam", 'sizes':[(800, 100)], 'bbox':default_text_box},
+    {'name': "text-bengali", 'sizes':[(800, 100)], 'bbox':default_text_box},
 ]
 
 tiff_tests = [