diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/language.lstrip/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.lstrip/out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caa9eaa559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/language.lstrip/out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*www.zeek.org*
+*dcab*
+**
+*https://www.zeek.org*
+*dog*
diff --git a/testing/btest/language/lstrip.bro b/testing/btest/language/lstrip.bro
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+++ b/testing/btest/language/lstrip.bro
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+#
+# @TEST-EXEC: bro -b %INPUT >out
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff out
+
+event bro_init()
+	{
+  local link_test = "https://www.zeek.org";
+  local one_side = "abcdcab";
+  local nothing = "";
+  local strange_chars = "ådog";
+
+  print fmt("%s", lstrip(link_test, "htps:/"));
+  print fmt("%s", lstrip(one_side,"abc"));
+  print fmt("%s", lstrip("","å"));
+  print fmt("%s", lstrip(link_test,""));
+  print fmt("%s", lstrip(strange_chars,"å"));
+	}