diff --git a/testenv/Makefile.am b/testenv/Makefile.am
index 6cd84c8f..ad0b7f87 100644
--- a/testenv/Makefile.am
+++ b/testenv/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 # as that of the covered work.
 
 
+if METALINK_IS_ENABLED
+  METALINK_TESTS = Test-metalink-xml.py
+else
+  METALINK_TESTS =
+endif
+
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = parallel-tests
 AM_TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = export WGETRC=/dev/null; MAKE_CHECK=True; export MAKE_CHECK;\
  export PYTHONPATH=$$PYTHONPATH:$(srcdir); export VALGRIND_TESTS="@VALGRIND_TESTS@";
@@ -56,7 +62,8 @@ if HAVE_PYTHON3
     Test-redirect-crash.py                          \
     Test-reserved-chars.py                          \
     Test-condget.py                                 \
-    $(SSL_TESTS)
+    $(SSL_TESTS)				    \
+    $(METALINK_TESTS)
 
   # added test cases expected to fail here and under TESTS
 if !WITH_SSL
diff --git a/testenv/Test-metalink-xml.py b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..700418b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testenv/Test-metalink-xml.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from sys import exit
+from test.http_test import HTTPTest
+from misc.wget_file import WgetFile
+import re
+import hashlib
+
+"""
+    This is to test Metalink as XML file support in Wget.
+"""
+TEST_NAME = "Metalink in XML"
+############# File Definitions ###############################################
+File1 = "Would you like some Tea?"
+File1_lowPref = "Do not take this"
+File1_sha256 = hashlib.sha256 (File1.encode ('UTF-8')).hexdigest ()
+MetaXml = \
+"""<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<metalink version="3.0" xmlns="http://www.metalinker.org/">
+  <publisher>
+    <name>GNU Wget</name>
+  </publisher>
+  <license>
+    <name>GNU GPL</name>
+    <url>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</url>
+  </license>
+  <identity>Wget Test File 1</identity>
+  <version>1.2.3</version>
+  <description>Wget Test File 1 description</description>
+  <files>
+    <file name="File1">
+      <verification>
+        <hash type="sha256">{{FILE1_HASH}}</hash>
+      </verification>
+      <resources>
+        <url type="http" preference="40">http://broken.example/File1</url>
+        <url type="http" preference="25">http://{{SRV_HOST}}:{{SRV_PORT}}/File1_lowPref</url>
+        <url type="http" preference="30">http://{{SRV_HOST}}:{{SRV_PORT}}/File1</url>
+      </resources>
+    </file>
+  </files>
+</metalink>
+"""
+
+A_File = WgetFile ("File1", File1)
+B_File = WgetFile ("File1_lowPref", File1_lowPref)
+MetaFile = WgetFile ("test.meta4", MetaXml)
+
+WGET_OPTIONS = "--input-metalink test.meta4"
+WGET_URLS = [[]]
+
+Files = [[A_File, B_File]]
+Existing_Files = [MetaFile]
+
+ExpectedReturnCode = 0
+ExpectedDownloadedFiles = [A_File, MetaFile]
+
+################ Pre and Post Test Hooks #####################################
+pre_test = {
+    "ServerFiles"       : Files,
+    "LocalFiles"        : Existing_Files
+}
+test_options = {
+    "WgetCommands"      : WGET_OPTIONS,
+    "Urls"              : WGET_URLS
+}
+post_test = {
+    "ExpectedFiles"     : ExpectedDownloadedFiles,
+    "ExpectedRetcode"   : ExpectedReturnCode
+}
+
+http_test = HTTPTest (
+                name=TEST_NAME,
+                pre_hook=pre_test,
+                test_params=test_options,
+                post_hook=post_test,
+)
+
+### Get and use dynamic server sockname
+srv_host, srv_port = http_test.servers[0].server_inst.socket.getsockname ()
+
+MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{FILE1_HASH}}', File1_sha256, MetaXml)
+MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_HOST}}', srv_host, MetaXml)
+MetaXml = re.sub (r'{{SRV_PORT}}', str (srv_port), MetaXml)
+MetaFile.content = MetaXml
+
+err = http_test.begin ()
+
+exit (err)