diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 08b53c71..d01eb42b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ overzoom-test: tippecanoe-overzoom
 	./tippecanoe-decode tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf 0 0 0 > tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf.json.check
 	cmp tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf.json.check tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf.json
 	rm tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf.json.check
+	# Same filter test, but reading the filter from a file
+	./tippecanoe-overzoom -y NAME -J tests/pbf/scalerank-0-filter.json -o tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop.pbf 0/0/0 0/0/0
+	./tippecanoe-decode tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf 0 0 0 > tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf.json.check
+	cmp tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf.json.check tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf.json
+	rm tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop-expr.pbf.json.check
 	# Filtering with multiplier
 	# 243 features in the source tile tests/pbf/0-0-0-pop.pbf
 	# 8 features survive into the output, from 9 clusters of 30
diff --git a/tests/pbf/scalerank-0-filter.json b/tests/pbf/scalerank-0-filter.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2b996d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pbf/scalerank-0-filter.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"*":["SCALERANK","eq",0]}