diff --git a/test/hdkey.test.js b/test/hdkey.test.js
index 3d09053..9839a7a 100644
--- a/test/hdkey.test.js
+++ b/test/hdkey.test.js
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ describe('hdkey', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('> when private key has leading zeros', function () {
+    it('will include leading zeros when hashing to derive child', function () {
+      var key = 'xprv9s21ZrQH143K3ckY9DgU79uMTJkQRLdbCCVDh81SnxTgPzLLGax6uHeBULTtaEtcAvKjXfT7ZWtHzKjTpujMkUd9dDb8msDeAfnJxrgAYhr'
+      var hdkey = HDKey.fromExtendedKey(key)
+      assert.equal(hdkey.privateKey.toString('hex'), '00000055378cf5fafb56c711c674143f9b0ee82ab0ba2924f19b64f5ae7cdbfd')
+      var derived = hdkey.derive("m/44'/0'/0'/0/0'")
+      assert.equal(derived.privateKey.toString('hex'), '3348069561d2a0fb925e74bf198762acc47dce7db27372257d2d959a9e6f8aeb')
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('> when private key is null', function () {
     it('privateExtendedKey should return null and not throw', function () {
       var seed = '000102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f'