diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/XHR/XMLHttpRequest-invalid-or-illegal-method.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/XHR/XMLHttpRequest-invalid-or-illegal-method.txt
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index 0000000000..7ef22e9a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/XHR/XMLHttpRequest-invalid-or-illegal-method.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PASS
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/XHR/XMLHttpRequest-invalid-or-illegal-method.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/XHR/XMLHttpRequest-invalid-or-illegal-method.html
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+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/XHR/XMLHttpRequest-invalid-or-illegal-method.html
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+<script src="../include.js"></script>
+<script>
+    test(() => {
+        const SYNTAX_ERR = 12;
+        const illegalTokens = "\"(),/:;<=>?@[\\]{}";
+        let i = 0;
+        for (const token of illegalTokens) {
+            const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+            try {
+                xhr.open(token, "data:text/plain,", true);
+            }
+            catch (e) {
+                if (e.code === SYNTAX_ERR)
+                    i += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        if (i === illegalTokens.length)
+            println("PASS");
+    });
+</script>