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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# (C) Andrey Zelenkov
+# (C) Nginx, Inc.
+
+# Tests for http proxy_bind directive.
+
+###############################################################################
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Test::More;
+
+BEGIN { use FindBin; chdir($FindBin::Bin); }
+
+use lib 'lib';
+use Test::Nginx;
+
+###############################################################################
+
+select STDERR; $| = 1;
+select STDOUT; $| = 1;
+
+plan(skip_all => 'win32') if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
+plan(skip_all => '127.0.0.2 local address required')
+	unless defined IO::Socket::INET->new( LocalAddr => '127.0.0.2' );
+
+my $t = Test::Nginx->new()->has(qw/http proxy/)->plan(4)
+	->write_file_expand('nginx.conf', <<'EOF');
+
+%%TEST_GLOBALS%%
+
+daemon off;
+
+events {
+}
+
+http {
+    %%TEST_GLOBALS_HTTP%%
+
+    server {
+        listen          127.0.0.1:8080;
+        server_name     localhost;
+
+        proxy_bind      127.0.0.2;
+
+        location / {
+            proxy_bind  127.0.0.1;
+            proxy_pass  http://127.0.0.1:8081/;
+        }
+
+        location /inherit {
+            proxy_pass  http://127.0.0.1:8081/;
+        }
+
+        location /off {
+            proxy_bind  off;
+            proxy_pass  http://127.0.0.1:8081/;
+        }
+
+        location /var {
+            proxy_bind  $arg_b;
+            proxy_pass  http://127.0.0.1:8081/;
+        }
+    }
+
+    server {
+        listen          127.0.0.1:8081;
+        server_name     localhost;
+
+        location / {
+            add_header   X-IP $remote_addr;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+EOF
+
+$t->write_file('index.html', '');
+$t->run();
+
+###############################################################################
+
+like(http_get('/'), qr/X-IP: 127.0.0.1/, 'bind');
+like(http_get('/inherit'), qr/X-IP: 127.0.0.2/, 'bind inherit');
+like(http_get('/off'), qr/X-IP: 127.0.0.1/, 'bind off');
+like(http_get('/var?b=127.0.0.2'), qr/X-IP: 127.0.0.2/, 'bind var');
+
+###############################################################################