diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01396_low_cardinality_fixed_string_default.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01396_low_cardinality_fixed_string_default.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29d473e7a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01396_low_cardinality_fixed_string_default.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+1	--
+1	RU
+1	--
+1	RU
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01396_low_cardinality_fixed_string_default.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01396_low_cardinality_fixed_string_default.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e31c402559e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01396_low_cardinality_fixed_string_default.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test;
+CREATE TABLE test
+(
+  id   UInt32,
+  code LowCardinality(FixedString(2)) DEFAULT '--'
+) ENGINE = MergeTree() PARTITION BY id ORDER BY id;
+
+INSERT INTO test FORMAT CSV 1,RU
+INSERT INTO test FORMAT CSV 1,
+
+SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY code;
+OPTIMIZE TABLE test;
+SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY code;
+
+DROP TABLE test;