diff --git a/pcre_test.go b/pcre_test.go
index f8a9b1c..4617413 100644
--- a/pcre_test.go
+++ b/pcre_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"reflect"
 
 	"go.elara.ws/pcre"
 )
@@ -289,3 +290,11 @@ func TestCallout(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("expected regular expression to match the string")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestVarnish(t *testing.T) {
+	regex := pcre.MustCompile(`varnish(?: \(Varnish\/([\d.]{1,250})\))?`)
+	matches := regex.FindStringSubmatch("1.1 varnish")
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(matches, []string{"varnish", ""}) {
+		t.Errorf(`Expected ["varnish" ""], got %q`, matches)
+	}
+}