diff --git a/tests/fixtures/make_pre_epoch_repo.sh b/tests/fixtures/make_pre_epoch_repo.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b6424fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/make_pre_epoch_repo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+git init -q
+git checkout -b main
+
+echo "hello\nworld" >> code.rs
+git add code.rs
+GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="@0 +0000" GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="@0 +0000" git commit -q -m c1
+git cat-file -p @ > to-be-patched.txt
+
+patch -p1 <<EOF
+diff --git a/to-be-patched.txt b/to-be-patched.txt
+index 95ad1b1..3ea89af 100644
+--- a/to-be-patched.txt
++++ b/to-be-patched.txt
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ tree 00d3a67028ba1004a04bd720eee966811102f0c3
+-author author <author@example.com> 0 +0000
+-committer committer <committer@example.com> 0 +0000
++author author <author@example.com> -5263747740 +0009
++committer committer <committer@example.com> -5263747740 +0009
+
+ c1
+EOF
+
+new_commit=$(git hash-object -w -t commit to-be-patched.txt)
+git update-ref refs/heads/main $new_commit
+
diff --git a/tests/repo.rs b/tests/repo.rs
index 826b7c9aa..9c0a60512 100644
--- a/tests/repo.rs
+++ b/tests/repo.rs
@@ -83,3 +83,14 @@ fn test_partial_repo() -> Result<()> {
     let _info = build_info(&config).expect("no error");
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_repo_with_pre_epoch_dates() -> Result<()> {
+    let repo = repo("make_pre_epoch_repo.sh")?;
+    let config: CliOptions = CliOptions {
+        input: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+    let _info = build_info(&config).expect("no error");
+    Ok(())
+}