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diff --git a/spec/frontend/ide/utils_spec.js b/spec/frontend/ide/utils_spec.js
index 00733615f81..2f8447af518 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/ide/utils_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/ide/utils_spec.js
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ describe('WebIDE utils', () => {
       expect(isTextFile({ name: 'abc.dat', content: '' })).toBe(true);
       expect(isTextFile({ name: 'abc.dat', content: '  ' })).toBe(true);
     });
+
+    it('returns true if there is a `binary` property already set on the file object', () => {
+      expect(isTextFile({ name: 'abc.txt', content: '' })).toBe(true);
+      expect(isTextFile({ name: 'abc.txt', content: '', binary: true })).toBe(false);
+
+      expect(isTextFile({ name: 'abc.tex', content: 'éêė' })).toBe(false);
+      expect(isTextFile({ name: 'abc.tex', content: 'éêė', binary: false })).toBe(true);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('trimPathComponents', () => {