diff --git a/testsuites/psxtests/ChangeLog b/testsuites/psxtests/ChangeLog
index 089f7d8b0b..9d76021500 100644
--- a/testsuites/psxtests/ChangeLog
+++ b/testsuites/psxtests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-08-10	Bharath Suri <bharath.s.jois@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 1598/testing
+	* psxpasswd02/init.c, psxpasswd02/psxpasswd02.scn: New test case
+	added to improve coverage of getpwent.c.
+
 2010-08-10	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	PR 1665/testing
diff --git a/testsuites/psxtests/psxpasswd02/init.c b/testsuites/psxtests/psxpasswd02/init.c
index faeaab6053..9cd876b6e3 100644
--- a/testsuites/psxtests/psxpasswd02/init.c
+++ b/testsuites/psxtests/psxpasswd02/init.c
@@ -152,6 +152,23 @@ rtems_task Init(
   rtems_test_assert( !pw ); 
   rtems_test_assert( errno == EINVAL );
 
+  fp = fopen( "/etc/passwd", "w" );
+  rtems_test_assert( fp != NULL );
+  fprintf( fp, "\
+    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\
+    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\
+    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\
+    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\
+    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\
+    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\
+    :x:999999999999:1:dummy::/:/bin/sh\n" );
+  fclose( fp );
+
+  puts( "Init - getpwnam(\"root\") -- expected EINVAL" );
+  pw = getpwnam( "root" );
+  rtems_test_assert( !pw ); 
+  rtems_test_assert( errno == EINVAL );
+
   puts( "Init - getgrent() -- OK" );
   gr = getgrent();
   rtems_test_assert( gr != NULL );
diff --git a/testsuites/psxtests/psxpasswd02/psxpasswd02.scn b/testsuites/psxtests/psxpasswd02/psxpasswd02.scn
index 99d2be5635..bb4ba8273b 100644
--- a/testsuites/psxtests/psxpasswd02/psxpasswd02.scn
+++ b/testsuites/psxtests/psxpasswd02/psxpasswd02.scn
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Init - getpwnam("root") -- expected EINVAL
 Init - getpwnam("root") -- expected EINVAL
 Init - getpwnam("root") -- expected EINVAL
 Init - getpwnam("root") -- expected EINVAL
+Init - getpwnam("root") -- expected EINVAL
 Init - getgrent() -- OK
   group name: admin
   group  password: