diff --git a/plugin/test/helpers.go b/plugin/test/helpers.go
index f99790a23..a7094a7b6 100644
--- a/plugin/test/helpers.go
+++ b/plugin/test/helpers.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 )
@@ -206,11 +207,12 @@ func Section(tc Case, sec sect, rr []dns.RR) error {
 				return fmt.Errorf("RR %d should have a Address of %q, but has %q", i, section[i].(*dns.AAAA).AAAA.String(), x.AAAA.String())
 			}
 		case *dns.TXT:
-			for j, txt := range x.Txt {
-				if txt != section[i].(*dns.TXT).Txt[j] {
-					return fmt.Errorf("RR %d should have a Txt of %q, but has %q", i, section[i].(*dns.TXT).Txt[j], txt)
-				}
+			actualTxt := strings.Join(x.Txt, "")
+			expectedTxt := strings.Join(section[i].(*dns.TXT).Txt, "")
+			if actualTxt != expectedTxt {
+				return fmt.Errorf("RR %d should have a TXT value of %q, but has %q", i, expectedTxt, actualTxt)
 			}
+
 		case *dns.HINFO:
 			if x.Cpu != section[i].(*dns.HINFO).Cpu {
 				return fmt.Errorf("RR %d should have a Cpu of %s, but has %s", i, section[i].(*dns.HINFO).Cpu, x.Cpu)
diff --git a/plugin/test/testdata/txtrecordsplit.test b/plugin/test/testdata/txtrecordsplit.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd97fe047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/test/testdata/txtrecordsplit.test
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+; This record has two separate TXT records
+example.org. 3600 IN TXT "record1"
+example.org. 3600 IN TXT "record2"
+
+; This record has a single TXT record split into two chunks (>255 bytes total)
+long.example.org. 3600 IN TXT "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"
+
+-- QNAME example.org. QTYPE TXT
+;; ANSWER
+example.org. 3600 IN TXT "record1"
+example.org. 3600 IN TXT "record2"
+
+-- QNAME long.example.org. QTYPE TXT
+;; ANSWER
+long.example.org. 3600 IN TXT "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"
diff --git a/plugin/test/testdata_test.go b/plugin/test/testdata_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0e91b6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/test/testdata_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package test
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func RunTestFile(t *testing.T, filename string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	f, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to open test file: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	t.Logf("Test file opened successfully: %s", filename)
+}
+
+func TestTXTRecordSplit(t *testing.T) {
+	RunTestFile(t, "testdata/txtrecordsplit.test")
+}