diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9fedb041ff..5b26892201 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
                                   Changelog
 
 Daniel S (4 October 2007)
+- I enabled test 1009 and made the --local-port use a wide range to reduce the
+  risk of failures.
+
 - Kim Rinnewitz reported that --local-port didn't work with TFTP transfers.
   This happened because the tftp code always uncondionally did a bind()
   without caring if one already had been done and then it failed. I wrote a
diff --git a/tests/data/DISABLED b/tests/data/DISABLED
index 4bbaaffaa4..95953eab34 100644
--- a/tests/data/DISABLED
+++ b/tests/data/DISABLED
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # test cases are run by runtests.pl. Just add the plain test case numbers, one
 # per line.
 # Lines starting with '#' letters are treated as comments.
-1009
+#1009
diff --git a/tests/data/test1009 b/tests/data/test1009
index 86470ff74b..b0a93e5e08 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1009
+++ b/tests/data/test1009
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 <keywords>
 TFTP
 TFTP RRQ
+--local-port
 </keywords>
 </info>
 
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ returned
 tftp
 </server>
  <name>
-TFTP retrieve
+TFTP retrieve with --local-port
  </name>
  <command>
-tftp://%HOSTIP:%TFTPPORT//1009 --local-port 44444
+tftp://%HOSTIP:%TFTPPORT//1009 --local-port 44444-45444
 </command>
 </client>