diff --git a/httpd/handler_test.go b/httpd/handler_test.go
index 46944c4ca5..45484ecb26 100644
--- a/httpd/handler_test.go
+++ b/httpd/handler_test.go
@@ -1501,6 +1501,46 @@ func TestHandler_serveWriteSeriesWhereIntField(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestHandler_serveWriteSeriesWhereStringField(t *testing.T) {
+	srvr := OpenAuthlessServer(NewMessagingClient())
+	srvr.CreateDatabase("foo")
+	srvr.CreateRetentionPolicy("foo", influxdb.NewRetentionPolicy("bar"))
+	srvr.SetDefaultRetentionPolicy("foo", "bar")
+
+	s := NewHTTPServer(srvr)
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	status, _ := MustHTTP("POST", s.URL+`/write`, nil, nil, `{"database" : "foo", "retentionPolicy" : "bar", "points": [{"name": "logs", "tags": {"host": "server01"},"fields": {"event": "disk full"}}]}`)
+	if status != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected status: %d", status)
+	}
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond) // Ensure data node picks up write.
+
+	srvr.Restart() // Ensure data is queryable across restarts.
+
+	query := map[string]string{"db": "foo", "q": "select event from logs where event = 'nonsense'"}
+	status, body := MustHTTP("GET", s.URL+`/query`, query, nil, "")
+	if status != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Logf("query %s\n", query)
+		t.Log(body)
+		t.Errorf("unexpected status: %d", status)
+	}
+	if string(body) != `{"results":[{}]}` {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected results, got %s", string(body))
+	}
+
+	query = map[string]string{"db": "foo", "q": "select event from logs where event = 'disk full'"}
+	status, body = MustHTTP("GET", s.URL+`/query`, query, nil, "")
+	if status != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Logf("query %s\n", query)
+		t.Log(body)
+		t.Errorf("unexpected status: %d", status)
+	}
+	if string(body) != `{"results":[{}]}` {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected results, got %s", string(body))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestHandler_serveWriteSeriesBatch(t *testing.T) {
 	srvr := OpenAuthlessServer(NewMessagingClient())
 	srvr.CreateDatabase("foo")