diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver_wms.py b/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver_wms.py
index 88823bf2fbd..40b9f247c29 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver_wms.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_qgsserver_wms.py
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ class TestQgsServerWMS(QgsServerTestBase):
                                  'FEATURE_COUNT=10&FILTER=testlayer%20%C3%A8%C3%A9' + urllib.parse.quote(':"NAME" = \'two\' OR "utf8nameè" = \'three èé↓\''),
                                  'wms_getfeatureinfo_filter_or_utf8')
 
+        # Test DescribeLayer
+        self.wms_request_compare('DescribeLayer',
+                                 '&layers=testlayer%20%C3%A8%C3%A9&' +
+                                 'SLD_VERSION=1.1.0',
+                                 'describelayer')
+
     def wms_inspire_request_compare(self, request):
         """WMS INSPIRE tests"""
         project = self.testdata_path + "test_project_inspire.qgs"
diff --git a/tests/testdata/qgis_server/describelayer.txt b/tests/testdata/qgis_server/describelayer.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..697594eefe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testdata/qgis_server/describelayer.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+*****
+Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
+
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<DescribeLayerResponse xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/sld" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/sld http://schemas.opengis.net/sld/1.1.0/DescribeLayer.xsd" xmlns:se="http://www.opengis.net/se" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ <Version>1.1.0</Version>
+ <LayerDescription>
+  <owsType>wfs</owsType>
+  <se:OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="https://www.qgis.org/?*****"/>
+  <TypeName>
+   <se:FeatureTypeName>testlayer èé</se:FeatureTypeName>
+  </TypeName>
+ </LayerDescription>
+</DescribeLayerResponse>