diff --git a/tests/feeds_processor_node.test b/tests/feeds_processor_node.test
index c72cff2..622c5c5 100644
--- a/tests/feeds_processor_node.test
+++ b/tests/feeds_processor_node.test
@@ -701,4 +701,56 @@ class FeedsRSStoNodesTest extends FeedsWebTestCase {
     $this->assertText('There are no new nodes.');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests if importing items does not result into errors if the feeds_item contains references
+   * to entities that no longer exist.
+   *
+   * @todo Add a test for an item that points to a non-existing feed node as well.
+   */
+  public function testOrphanedFeedsItem() {
+    // Include FeedsProcessor.inc so processor related constants are available.
+    module_load_include('inc', 'feeds', 'plugins/FeedsProcessor');
+
+    // Create a feeds item with a reference to a non-existing entity.
+    // Note that the GUID value is used in the file that gets imported later.
+    $item = array(
+      'entity_type' => 'node',
+      'entity_id' => 120,
+      'id' => 'syndication',
+      'feed_nid' => 0,
+      'imported' => REQUEST_TIME -1,
+      'url' => '',
+      'guid' => 1,
+      'hash' => '',
+    );
+    drupal_write_record('feeds_item', $item);
+
+    // Attach to standalone importer and configure.
+    $this->setSettings('syndication', NULL, array('content_type' => ''));
+    $this->setPlugin('syndication', 'FeedsFileFetcher');
+    $this->setPlugin('syndication', 'FeedsCSVParser');
+    $this->setSettings('syndication', 'FeedsNodeProcessor', array(
+      'update_existing' => FEEDS_UPDATE_EXISTING,
+    ));
+    $this->removeMappings('syndication', $this->getCurrentMappings('syndication'));
+    $this->addMappings('syndication', array(
+      0 => array(
+        'source' => 'guid',
+        'target' => 'guid',
+        'unique' => TRUE,
+      ),
+      1 => array(
+        'source' => 'title',
+        'target' => 'title',
+      ),
+    ));
+
+    // Import file.
+    $this->importFile('syndication', $this->absolutePath() . '/tests/feeds/content.csv');
+
+    // Although for one item in the file a reference existed in the feeds_item table, both
+    // items did not exist on the website, so we expect that for both items a node is created.
+    $this->assertText('Created 2 nodes');
+  }
+
 }