diff --git a/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoderTest.java b/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoderTest.java
index db3660accf..8fca1bba01 100644
--- a/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoderTest.java
+++ b/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/xml/XmlFrameDecoderTest.java
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ public class XmlFrameDecoderTest {
         testDecodeWithXml(input, frame1, frame2, frame3);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testFraming() {
+        testDecodeWithXml(Arrays.asList("<abc", ">123</a", "bc>"), "<abc>123</abc>");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDecodeWithSampleXml() {
         for (final String xmlSample : xmlSamples) {
@@ -149,11 +154,13 @@ public class XmlFrameDecoderTest {
         }
     }
 
-    private static void testDecodeWithXml(String xml, Object... expected) {
+    private static void testDecodeWithXml(List<String> xmlFrames, Object... expected) {
         EmbeddedChannel ch = new EmbeddedChannel(new XmlFrameDecoder(1048576));
         Exception cause = null;
         try {
-            ch.writeInbound(Unpooled.copiedBuffer(xml, CharsetUtil.UTF_8));
+            for (String xmlFrame : xmlFrames) {
+                ch.writeInbound(Unpooled.copiedBuffer(xmlFrame, CharsetUtil.UTF_8));
+            }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             cause = e;
         }
@@ -180,6 +187,10 @@ public class XmlFrameDecoderTest {
         }
     }
 
+    private static void testDecodeWithXml(String xml, Object... expected) {
+        testDecodeWithXml(Collections.singletonList(xml), expected);
+    }
+
     private String sample(String number) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
         String path = "io/netty/handler/codec/xml/sample-" + number + ".xml";
         URL url = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(path);