diff --git a/internal/backend/rest/rest_int_go114_test.go b/internal/backend/rest/rest_int_go114_test.go
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+++ b/internal/backend/rest/rest_int_go114_test.go
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+// +build go1.14
+
+package rest_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/backend/rest"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
+)
+
+func TestZeroLengthRead(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test workaround for https://github.com/golang/go/issues/46071. Can be removed once this is fixed in Go
+	// and the minimum golang version supported by restic includes the fix.
+	numRequests := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewUnstartedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		numRequests++
+		t.Logf("req %v %v", req.Method, req.URL.Path)
+		if req.Method == "GET" {
+			res.Header().Set("Content-Length", "42")
+			// Now the handler fails for some reason and is unable to send data
+			return
+		}
+
+		t.Errorf("unhandled request %v %v", req.Method, req.URL.Path)
+	}))
+	srv.EnableHTTP2 = true
+	srv.StartTLS()
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	srvURL, err := url.Parse(srv.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	cfg := rest.Config{
+		Connections: 5,
+		URL:         srvURL,
+	}
+	be, err := rest.Open(cfg, srv.Client().Transport)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		err = be.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	err = be.Load(context.TODO(), restic.Handle{Type: restic.ConfigFile}, 0, 0, func(rd io.Reader) error {
+		_, err := ioutil.ReadAll(rd)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("ReadAll should have returned an 'Unexpected EOF' error")
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Got no unexpected EOF error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGolangZeroLengthRead(t *testing.T) {
+	// This test is intended to fail once the underlying issue has been fixed in Go
+	ts := httptest.NewUnstartedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Length", "42")
+		// Now the handler fails for some reason and is unable to send data
+	}))
+	ts.EnableHTTP2 = true
+	ts.StartTLS()
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	res, err := ts.Client().Get(ts.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	_, err = ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	defer func() {
+		err = res.Body.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}()
+	if err != nil {
+		// This should fail with an 'Unexpected EOF' error
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}