diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.emptyvals/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.emptyvals/out
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+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.emptyvals/out
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+{
+[2] = [b=<uninitialized>],
+[1] = [b=T]
+}
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/emptyvals.bro b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/emptyvals.bro
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+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/emptyvals.bro
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+#
+# @TEST-EXEC: bro %INPUT >out
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff out
+
+@TEST-START-FILE input.log
+#separator \x09
+#path	ssh
+#fields	b	i
+##types	bool	int
+T	1
+-	2
+@TEST-END-FILE
+
+redef InputAscii::empty_field = "EMPTY";
+
+module A;
+
+type Idx: record {
+	i: int;
+};
+
+type Val: record {
+	b: bool;
+};
+
+global servers: table[int] of Val = table();
+
+event bro_init()
+{
+	# first read in the old stuff into the table...
+	Input::add_table([$source="input.log", $name="ssh", $idx=Idx, $val=Val, $destination=servers]);
+	Input::remove("ssh");
+}
+
+event Input::update_finished(name: string, source:string) {
+	print servers;
+}