diff --git a/iroh/src/client/blobs.rs b/iroh/src/client/blobs.rs
index 6ccd148cb3d..a7f8a35cb82 100644
--- a/iroh/src/client/blobs.rs
+++ b/iroh/src/client/blobs.rs
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     use anyhow::Context as _;
+    use iroh_blobs::hashseq::HashSeq;
     use rand::RngCore;
     use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 
@@ -1355,4 +1356,79 @@ mod tests {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Download a existing collection. Check that things succeed and no download is performed.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_blob_get_existing_collection() -> Result<()> {
+        let _guard = iroh_test::logging::setup();
+
+        let node = crate::node::Node::memory().spawn().await?;
+        let node_id = node.node_id();
+        let client = node.client();
+
+        let mut collection = Collection::default();
+        let mut tags = Vec::new();
+        let mut size = 0;
+        for value in ["f", "fo", "foo"] {
+            let import_outcome = client.blobs().add_bytes(value).await.context("add bytes")?;
+            collection.push(value.to_string(), import_outcome.hash);
+            tags.push(import_outcome.tag);
+            size += import_outcome.size;
+        }
+
+        let (hash, _tag) = client
+            .blobs()
+            .create_collection(collection, SetTagOption::Auto, tags)
+            .await?;
+
+        // load the hashseq and collection header manually to calculate our expected size
+        let hashseq_bytes = client.blobs().read_to_bytes(hash).await?;
+        size += hashseq_bytes.len() as u64;
+        let hashseq = HashSeq::try_from(hashseq_bytes)?;
+        let collection_header_bytes = client
+            .blobs()
+            .read_to_bytes(hashseq.into_iter().next().expect("header to exist"))
+            .await?;
+        size += collection_header_bytes.len() as u64;
+
+        // Direct
+        let res = client
+            .blobs()
+            .download_with_opts(
+                hash,
+                DownloadOptions {
+                    format: BlobFormat::HashSeq,
+                    nodes: vec![node_id.into()],
+                    tag: SetTagOption::Auto,
+                    mode: DownloadMode::Direct,
+                },
+            )
+            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("direct (download)")?;
+
+        assert_eq!(res.local_size, size);
+        assert_eq!(res.downloaded_size, 0);
+
+        // Queued
+        let res = client
+            .blobs()
+            .download_with_opts(
+                hash,
+                DownloadOptions {
+                    format: BlobFormat::HashSeq,
+                    nodes: vec![node_id.into()],
+                    tag: SetTagOption::Auto,
+                    mode: DownloadMode::Queued,
+                },
+            )
+            .await?
+            .await
+            .context("queued")?;
+
+        assert_eq!(res.local_size, size);
+        assert_eq!(res.downloaded_size, 0);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }