diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
index 29638fd837..70b3620279 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
@@ -781,4 +781,12 @@ public class TestBugs extends TestCase
     {
         HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFile( "Bug53380_2.doc" );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Bug 53380 - ArrayIndexOutOfBounds Excetion parsing word 97 document
+     */
+    public void testBug53380_3() throws Exception
+    {
+        HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFile( "Bug53380_3.doc" );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test-data/document/Bug53380_3.doc b/test-data/document/Bug53380_3.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f1b3bde46
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