diff --git a/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote/PURPOSE b/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote/PURPOSE
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+PURPOSE of /CoreOS/lftp/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote
+Description: Test for BZ#1793557 (SFTP over LFTP hangs if host key of the remote)
+Author: Ondrej Mejzlik <omejzlik@redhat.com>
+Bug summary: SFTP over LFTP hangs if host key of the remote system doesn't exist
+Bugzilla link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793557
diff --git a/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote/main.fmf b/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote/main.fmf
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+summary: Test for BZ#1793557 (SFTP over LFTP hangs if host key of the remote)
+description: |
+    Bug summary: SFTP over LFTP hangs if host key of the remote system doesn't exist
+    Bugzilla link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793557
+component:
+- lftp
+test: ./runtest.sh
+framework: beakerlib
+recommend:
+- lftp
+duration: 5m
+enabled: true
+tag:
+- NoRHEL4
+- NoRHEL5
+- NoRHEL6
+- TIPpass
+- TIPpass_infra
+relevancy: |
+    distro = rhel-4, rhel-5, rhel-6: False
+extra-nitrate: TC#0606177
+extra-summary: /CoreOS/lftp/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote
+extra-task: /CoreOS/lftp/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote
diff --git a/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote/runtest.sh b/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote/runtest.sh
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+++ b/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote/runtest.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# vim: dict+=/usr/share/beakerlib/dictionary.vim cpt=.,w,b,u,t,i,k
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+#
+#   runtest.sh of /CoreOS/lftp/Regression/bz1793557-SFTP-over-LFTP-hangs-if-host-key-of-the-remote
+#   Description: Test for BZ#1793557 (SFTP over LFTP hangs if host key of the remote)
+#   Author: Ondrej Mejzlik <omejzlik@redhat.com>
+#
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+#   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+#   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+#   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of
+#   the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
+#   useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+#   warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+#   PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+#
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+# Include Beaker environment
+. /usr/share/beakerlib/beakerlib.sh || exit 1
+
+PACKAGE="lftp"
+TEST_USER="USER234576"
+TEST_PASS="medved"
+
+rlJournalStart
+    rlPhaseStartSetup
+        rlAssertRpm $PACKAGE || rlDie "Package $PACKAGE not installed"
+        rlLog "Arch: $(arch), PC name: $(hostname), $(hostname -A) User: $(whoami)"
+        rlRun "TmpDir=\$(mktemp -d)" 0 "Creating tmp directory"
+        rlRun "pushd $TmpDir" 0 "Going into tmp directory $TmpDir"
+        rlRun "useradd $TEST_USER" 0 "Adding user $TEST_USER"
+        rlRun "touch /home/$TEST_USER/testFile" 0 "Create test file"
+        rlRun "echo $TEST_PASS | passwd $TEST_USER --stdin" 0 "Create password for $TEST_USER"
+        rlRun "rlFileBackup --missing-ok /root/.ssh/known_hosts" 0 "Back up known_hosts"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+
+    rlGetTestState && {
+    rlPhaseStartTest    
+        rlRun "rm -f /home/$TEST_USER/.ssh/known_hosts" 0 "Remove known_hosts"
+        rlRun "timeout 20 lftp -e 'set sftp:connect-program \"ssh -v -a -x\"; set sftp:auto-confirm yes; cd /home/USER234576; ls; quit' sftp://$TEST_USER:$TEST_PASS@127.0.0.1 &>out.txt" 0 "Run lftp"
+        cat out.txt
+        rlAssertExists "/root/.ssh/known_hosts"
+        rlAssertGrep "127.0.0.1" /root/.ssh/known_hosts
+        rlAssertGrep "testFile" out.txt
+    rlPhaseEnd
+    }
+
+    rlPhaseStartCleanup
+        # known_hosts may not exist, erro nothing backed up is ok here
+        rlRun "userdel -rf $TEST_USER" 0 "Removing $TEST_USER"
+        rlRun "rlFileRestore" 0,16 "Restore known_hosts"
+        rlRun "popd"
+        rlRun "rm -r $TmpDir" 0 "Removing tmp directory"
+    rlPhaseEnd
+rlJournalPrintText
+rlJournalEnd