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+// Flags: --expose-http2
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http2 = require('http2');
+
+const expectValue = 'meoww';
+
+const server = http2.createServer(common.mustNotCall());
+
+server.once('checkExpectation', common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(req.headers['expect'], expectValue);
+  res.statusCode = 417;
+  res.end();
+}));
+
+server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => nextTest(2)));
+
+function nextTest(testsToRun) {
+  if (!testsToRun) {
+    return server.close();
+  }
+
+  const port = server.address().port;
+  const client = http2.connect(`http://localhost:${port}`);
+  const req = client.request({
+    ':path': '/',
+    ':method': 'GET',
+    ':scheme': 'http',
+    ':authority': `localhost:${port}`,
+    expect: expectValue
+  });
+
+  req.on('response', common.mustCall((headers) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(headers[':status'], 417);
+    req.resume();
+  }));
+
+  req.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+    client.destroy();
+    nextTest(testsToRun - 1);
+  }));
+}