diff --git a/test/test_issues.cpp b/test/test_issues.cpp
index 80dc4f9ae7b5efe2406c36c862fa15b168e92d2e..d8a39fdebf4fcc30ab9010936cc20e1a737283fd 100644
--- a/test/test_issues.cpp
+++ b/test/test_issues.cpp
@@ -196,4 +196,32 @@ TEST_F(test_issues, server_issue_171) {
   std::cout << inserted_rec.ToString() << std::endl;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Inserting a non-file property with an empty file path should work.
+ *
+ * The file attributes should be ignored by the server.
+ */
+TEST_F(test_issues, server_issue_174) {
+  const auto &connection =
+      caosdb::connection::ConnectionManager::GetDefaultConnection();
+
+  auto insert_transaction(connection->CreateTransaction());
+
+  // Create and insert RT
+  Entity rt;
+  rt.SetRole(Role::RECORD_TYPE);
+  rt.SetName("Not a FILE");
+  rt.SetFilePath("");
+  insert_transaction->InsertEntity(&rt);
+  insert_transaction->ExecuteAsynchronously();
+
+  auto insert_status = insert_transaction->WaitForIt();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(insert_status.IsTerminated());
+  // TODO(tf) Remove the EXPECT_NONFATAL_FAILURE after fixing #174.
+  EXPECT_NONFATAL_FAILURE(
+      EXPECT_FALSE(insert_status.IsError())
+      , "");
+
+}
+
 } // namespace caosdb::transaction