diff --git a/test/mjsunit/disabled/test-http-stress.js b/test/mjsunit/disabled/test-http-stress.js
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+include('../mjsunit.js');
+
+var PORT = 8003;
+var request_count = 1000;
+var response_body = '{"ok": true}';
+
+var server = node.http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+ res.sendHeader(200, [['Content-Type', 'text/javascript']]);
+ res.sendBody(response_body);
+ res.finish();
+});
+server.listen(PORT, 4024);
+
+var requests_ok = 0;
+var requests_complete = 0;
+
+function onLoad () {
+ for (var i = 0; i < request_count; i++) {
+   node.http.cat('http://localhost:'+PORT+'/', 'utf8')
+     .addCallback(function (content) {
+       assertEquals(response_body, content)
+       print(".");
+       requests_ok++;
+       requests_complete++;
+       if (requests_ok == request_count) {
+         puts("\nrequests ok: " + requests_ok);
+         server.close();
+       }
+     })
+     .addErrback(function() {
+       print("-");
+       requests_complete++;
+       //node.debug("error " + i);
+     });
+ }
+}
+
+function onExit () {
+  assertEquals(request_count, requests_complete); 
+  assertEquals(request_count, requests_ok); 
+}