diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/dedupe_only_postalcode_differs.js b/test/unit/fixture/dedupe_only_postalcode_differs.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cbeb4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/dedupe_only_postalcode_differs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module.exports = [
+  {
+    '_id': '101914069',
+    'layer': 'venue',
+    'source': 'openstreetmap',
+    'name': {
+      'default': 'A place'
+    },
+    'parent': {
+      'country_a': ['USA']
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    '_id': '323',
+    'layer': 'venue',
+    'source': 'openstreetmap',
+    'name': {
+      'default': 'A place'
+    },
+    'address_parts': {
+      'zip': '97005'
+    },
+    'parent': {
+      'country_a': ['USA']
+    }
+  }
+];
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/dedupe.js b/test/unit/middleware/dedupe.js
index 674a2b10..b1b6e9ef 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/dedupe.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/dedupe.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var data = require('../fixture/dedupe_elasticsearch_results');
 var nonAsciiData = require('../fixture/dedupe_elasticsearch_nonascii_results');
 var customLayerData = require('../fixture/dedupe_elasticsearch_custom_layer_results');
+var onlyPostalcodeDiffers = require('../fixture/dedupe_only_postalcode_differs');
 var dedupe = require('../../../middleware/dedupe')();
 
 module.exports.tests = {};
@@ -75,6 +76,24 @@ module.exports.tests.dedupe = function(test, common) {
       t.end();
     });
   });
+
+  test('test records with no address except one has postalcode', function(t) {
+    var req = {
+      clean: {
+        size: 20
+      }
+    };
+    var res = {
+      data: onlyPostalcodeDiffers
+    };
+    var expected = onlyPostalcodeDiffers[1]; // non-canonical record
+
+    dedupe(req, res, function () {
+      t.equal(res.data.length, 1, 'only one result displayed');
+      t.equal(res.data[0], expected, 'record with postalcode is preferred');
+      t.end();
+    });
+  });
 };