diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 568fb7fc19..42559e0365 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ tests.core.test_rootfs_overlay.TestRootfsOverlay: *runtime_test
 tests.core.test_timezone.TestGlibcAllTimezone: *runtime_test
 tests.core.test_timezone.TestGlibcNonDefaultLimitedTimezone: *runtime_test
 tests.core.test_timezone.TestNoTimezone: *runtime_test
+tests.download.test_git.TestGitHash: *runtime_test
 tests.fs.test_ext.TestExt2: *runtime_test
 tests.fs.test_ext.TestExt2r1: *runtime_test
 tests.fs.test_ext.TestExt3: *runtime_test
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/__init__.py b/support/testing/tests/download/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/Config.in b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/external.desc b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/external.desc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41316c8b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/external.desc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+name: GIT_HASH
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/external.mk b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/external.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4646dfe2b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/external.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+include $(sort $(wildcard $(BR2_EXTERNAL_GIT_HASH_PATH)/package/*/*.mk))
+
+# Get the git server port number from the test infra
+GITREMOTE_PORT_NUMBER ?= 9418
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/bad/bad.hash b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/bad/bad.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9e1baec84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/bad/bad.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sha256  0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000  bad-a238b1dfcd825d47d834af3c5223417c8411d90d.tar.gz
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/bad/bad.mk b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/bad/bad.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5497bd6bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/bad/bad.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# bad
+#
+################################################################################
+
+BAD_VERSION = a238b1dfcd825d47d834af3c5223417c8411d90d
+BAD_SITE = git://localhost:$(GITREMOTE_PORT_NUMBER)/repo.git
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/good/good.hash b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/good/good.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e92ab8ab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/good/good.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sha256  d00ae598e9e770d607621a86766030b42eaa58156cb8d482b043969da7963c23  good-a238b1dfcd825d47d834af3c5223417c8411d90d.tar.gz
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/good/good.mk b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/good/good.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f0eefd944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/good/good.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# good
+#
+################################################################################
+
+GOOD_VERSION = a238b1dfcd825d47d834af3c5223417c8411d90d
+GOOD_SITE = git://localhost:$(GITREMOTE_PORT_NUMBER)/repo.git
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/nohash/nohash.mk b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/nohash/nohash.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1da19d88c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/br2-external/git-hash/package/nohash/nohash.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# nohash
+#
+################################################################################
+
+NOHASH_VERSION = a238b1dfcd825d47d834af3c5223417c8411d90d
+NOHASH_SITE = git://localhost:$(GITREMOTE_PORT_NUMBER)/repo.git
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/.gitattributes b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb50c64a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+objects/*/* binary
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/HEAD b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/HEAD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb089cd89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/HEAD
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref: refs/heads/master
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/config b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07d359d07c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[core]
+	repositoryformatversion = 0
+	filemode = true
+	bare = true
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/objects/99/f2e3e1cb15f9b52fa29f66d380dda061d917ab b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/objects/99/f2e3e1cb15f9b52fa29f66d380dda061d917ab
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9db72668cf9374b0b85a25a19f30084fd460072d
GIT binary patch
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/objects/a2/38b1dfcd825d47d834af3c5223417c8411d90d b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/objects/a2/38b1dfcd825d47d834af3c5223417c8411d90d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..31b6bcf34de247d14531c70b36e28d895ba20af3
GIT binary patch
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/objects/e7/9c5e8f964493290a409888d5413a737e8e5dd5 b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/objects/e7/9c5e8f964493290a409888d5413a737e8e5dd5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df2037a2d2d30afb20e31cd558c92c2edabe7cf6
GIT binary patch
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/refs/heads/master b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/refs/heads/master
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6bccc1c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/git-remote/repo.git/refs/heads/master
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a238b1dfcd825d47d834af3c5223417c8411d90d
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/gitremote.py b/support/testing/tests/download/gitremote.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60bc49fbf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/gitremote.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# subprocess does not kill the child daemon when a test case fails by raising
+# an exception. So use pexpect instead.
+import pexpect
+
+import infra
+
+GIT_REMOTE_PORT_INITIAL = 9418
+GIT_REMOTE_PORT_LAST = GIT_REMOTE_PORT_INITIAL + 99
+
+
+class GitRemote(object):
+    def __init__(self, builddir, serveddir, logtofile):
+        """
+        Start a local git server.
+
+        In order to support test cases in parallel, select the port the
+        server will listen to in runtime. Since there is no reliable way
+        to allocate the port prior to starting the server (another
+        process in the host machine can use the port between it is
+        selected from a list and it is really allocated to the server)
+        try to start the server in a port and in the case it is already
+        in use, try the next one in the allowed range.
+        """
+        self.daemon = None
+        self.port = None
+        self.logfile = infra.open_log_file(builddir, "gitremote", logtofile)
+
+        daemon_cmd = ["git", "daemon", "--reuseaddr", "--verbose", "--listen=localhost", "--export-all",
+                      "--base-path={}".format(serveddir)]
+        for port in range(GIT_REMOTE_PORT_INITIAL, GIT_REMOTE_PORT_LAST + 1):
+            cmd = daemon_cmd + ["--port={port}".format(port=port)]
+            self.logfile.write("> starting git remote with '{}'\n".format(" ".join(cmd)))
+            self.daemon = pexpect.spawn(cmd[0], cmd[1:], logfile=self.logfile)
+            ret = self.daemon.expect(["Ready to rumble",
+                                      "Address already in use"])
+            if ret == 0:
+                self.port = port
+                return
+        raise SystemError("Could not find a free port to run git remote")
+
+    def stop(self):
+        if self.daemon is None:
+            return
+        self.daemon.terminate(force=True)
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/download/test_git.py b/support/testing/tests/download/test_git.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14fc8e4da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/download/test_git.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import os
+
+import infra
+from gitremote import GitRemote
+
+
+class GitTestBase(infra.basetest.BRTest):
+    config = \
+        """
+        BR2_BACKUP_SITE=""
+        """
+    gitremotedir = infra.filepath("tests/download/git-remote")
+    gitremote = None
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(GitTestBase, self).setUp()
+        self.gitremote = GitRemote(self.builddir, self.gitremotedir, self.logtofile)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.show_msg("Cleaning up")
+        if self.gitremote:
+            self.gitremote.stop()
+        if self.b and not self.keepbuilds:
+            self.b.delete()
+
+    def check_hash(self, package):
+        # store downloaded tarball inside the output dir so the test infra
+        # cleans it up at the end
+        env = {"BR2_DL_DIR": os.path.join(self.builddir, "dl"),
+               "GITREMOTE_PORT_NUMBER": str(self.gitremote.port)}
+        self.b.build(["{}-dirclean".format(package),
+                      "{}-source".format(package)],
+                     env)
+
+
+class TestGitHash(GitTestBase):
+    br2_external = [infra.filepath("tests/download/br2-external/git-hash")]
+
+    def test_run(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemError):
+            self.check_hash("bad")
+        self.check_hash("good")
+        self.check_hash("nohash")
