diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-inmemory.t b/tests/test-rebase-inmemory.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-inmemory.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-inmemory.t
@@ -760,3 +760,42 @@
   rebasing 3:ca58782ad1e4 "b"
   rebasing 5:71cb43376053 "merge"
   note: not rebasing 5:71cb43376053 "merge", its destination already has all its changes
+
+  $ cd ..
+
+Test rebasing when the file we are merging in destination is empty
+
+  $ hg init test
+  $ cd test
+  $ echo " " > foo
+  $ hg ci -Aqm 'added foo'
+
+  $ rm foo
+  $ touch foo
+  $ hg di
+  diff --git a/foo b/foo
+  --- a/foo
+  +++ b/foo
+  @@ -1,1 +0,0 @@
+  - 
+
+  $ hg ci -m "remove the whitespace"
+
+  $ hg up '.^'
+  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+  $ printf "\n" > foo
+  $ hg di
+  diff --git a/foo b/foo
+  --- a/foo
+  +++ b/foo
+  @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
+  - 
+  +
+  $ hg ci -m "remove the whitespace again"
+  created new head
+
+  $ hg rebase -r . -d 1 --config ui.merge=internal:merge3
+  rebasing 2:376089bb8d86 "remove the whitespace again" (tip)
+  merging foo
+  abort: foo.orig@bb96b8f33f2a: not found in manifest!
+  [255]