diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/self-Iterator.cpp b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/self-Iterator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c02644d3f10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/dataflow-tests/self-Iterator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "../../../include/iterator.h"
+int source();
+
+template<typename T>
+void sink(T);
+
+template<> struct std::iterator_traits<unsigned long>
+{   // get traits from integer type
+    typedef std::input_iterator_tag iterator_category;
+    typedef unsigned long value_type;
+    typedef unsigned long difference_type;
+    typedef unsigned long distance_type;
+    typedef unsigned long * pointer;
+    typedef unsigned long& reference;
+};
+
+
+int test() {
+    unsigned long x = source();
+    sink(x); // $ ast MISSING: ir
+}
\ No newline at end of file