diff --git a/pandas_ods_reader/tests/rsc/example_col_lengths.ods b/pandas_ods_reader/tests/rsc/example_col_lengths.ods
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dd3fa7
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diff --git a/pandas_ods_reader/tests/test_read_ods.py b/pandas_ods_reader/tests/test_read_ods.py
index 4b7e843..a46ee68 100644
--- a/pandas_ods_reader/tests/test_read_ods.py
+++ b/pandas_ods_reader/tests/test_read_ods.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ rsc = os.path.join(root, "rsc")
 
 header_file = "example_headers.ods"
 no_header_file = "example_no_headers.ods"
+col_len_file = "example_col_lengths.ods"
 
 
 class TestOdsReader(object):
@@ -45,3 +46,9 @@ class TestOdsReader(object):
         df = read_ods(path, 1, headers=False, columns=columns)
         assert list(df.columns) == columns
         assert len(df) == 10
+
+    def test_header_file_col_len(self):
+        path = os.path.join(rsc, col_len_file)
+        df = read_ods(path, 1)
+        assert isinstance(df, pd.DataFrame)
+        assert len(df) == 10