diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index ff2d42abb9..24b219310a 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -5190,10 +5190,10 @@ sub git_snapshot {
 		die_error(400, "Invalid snapshot format parameter");
 	} elsif (!exists($known_snapshot_formats{$format})) {
 		die_error(400, "Unknown snapshot format");
-	} elsif (!grep($_ eq $format, @snapshot_fmts)) {
-		die_error(403, "Unsupported snapshot format");
 	} elsif ($known_snapshot_formats{$format}{'disabled'}) {
 		die_error(403, "Snapshot format not allowed");
+	} elsif (!grep($_ eq $format, @snapshot_fmts)) {
+		die_error(403, "Unsupported snapshot format");
 	}
 
 	if (!defined $hash) {
diff --git a/t/gitweb-lib.sh b/t/gitweb-lib.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..845253274b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/gitweb-lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Jakub Narebski
+#
+
+gitweb_init () {
+	safe_pwd="$(perl -MPOSIX=getcwd -e 'print quotemeta(getcwd)')"
+	cat >gitweb_config.perl <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# gitweb configuration for tests
+
+our \$version = 'current';
+our \$GIT = 'git';
+our \$projectroot = "$safe_pwd";
+our \$project_maxdepth = 8;
+our \$home_link_str = 'projects';
+our \$site_name = '[localhost]';
+our \$site_header = '';
+our \$site_footer = '';
+our \$home_text = 'indextext.html';
+our @stylesheets = ('file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/gitweb.css');
+our \$logo = 'file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/git-logo.png';
+our \$favicon = 'file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/git-favicon.png';
+our \$projects_list = '';
+our \$export_ok = '';
+our \$strict_export = '';
+
+EOF
+
+	cat >.git/description <<EOF
+$0 test repository
+EOF
+}
+
+gitweb_run () {
+	GATEWAY_INTERFACE='CGI/1.1'
+	HTTP_ACCEPT='*/*'
+	REQUEST_METHOD='GET'
+	SCRIPT_NAME="$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/gitweb.perl"
+	QUERY_STRING=""$1""
+	PATH_INFO=""$2""
+	export GATEWAY_INTERFACE HTTP_ACCEPT REQUEST_METHOD \
+		SCRIPT_NAME QUERY_STRING PATH_INFO
+
+	GITWEB_CONFIG=$(pwd)/gitweb_config.perl
+	export GITWEB_CONFIG
+
+	# some of git commands write to STDERR on error, but this is not
+	# written to web server logs, so we are not interested in that:
+	# we are interested only in properly formatted errors/warnings
+	rm -f gitweb.log &&
+	perl -- "$SCRIPT_NAME" \
+		>gitweb.output 2>gitweb.log &&
+	if grep '^[[]' gitweb.log >/dev/null 2>&1; then false; else true; fi
+
+	# gitweb.log is left for debugging
+	# gitweb.output is used to parse http output
+}
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
+	say 'skipping gitweb tests, perl not available'
+	test_done
+fi
+
+perl -MEncode -e 'decode_utf8("", Encode::FB_CROAK)' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+    say 'skipping gitweb tests, perl version is too old'
+    test_done
+}
+
+gitweb_init
diff --git a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
index 627518108a..2fc7fdb124 100755
--- a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
+++ b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
@@ -9,73 +9,8 @@ This test runs gitweb (git web interface) as CGI script from
 commandline, and checks that it would not write any errors
 or warnings to log.'
 
-gitweb_init () {
-	safe_pwd="$(perl -MPOSIX=getcwd -e 'print quotemeta(getcwd)')"
-	cat >gitweb_config.perl <<EOF
-#!/usr/bin/perl
 
-# gitweb configuration for tests
-
-our \$version = "current";
-our \$GIT = "git";
-our \$projectroot = "$safe_pwd";
-our \$project_maxdepth = 8;
-our \$home_link_str = "projects";
-our \$site_name = "[localhost]";
-our \$site_header = "";
-our \$site_footer = "";
-our \$home_text = "indextext.html";
-our @stylesheets = ("file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/gitweb.css");
-our \$logo = "file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/git-logo.png";
-our \$favicon = "file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/git-favicon.png";
-our \$projects_list = "";
-our \$export_ok = "";
-our \$strict_export = "";
-
-EOF
-
-	cat >.git/description <<EOF
-$0 test repository
-EOF
-}
-
-gitweb_run () {
-	GATEWAY_INTERFACE="CGI/1.1"
-	HTTP_ACCEPT="*/*"
-	REQUEST_METHOD="GET"
-	SCRIPT_NAME="$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/gitweb.perl"
-	QUERY_STRING=""$1""
-	PATH_INFO=""$2""
-	export GATEWAY_INTERFACE HTTP_ACCEPT REQUEST_METHOD \
-		SCRIPT_NAME QUERY_STRING PATH_INFO
-
-	GITWEB_CONFIG=$(pwd)/gitweb_config.perl
-	export GITWEB_CONFIG
-
-	# some of git commands write to STDERR on error, but this is not
-	# written to web server logs, so we are not interested in that:
-	# we are interested only in properly formatted errors/warnings
-	rm -f gitweb.log &&
-	perl -- "$SCRIPT_NAME" \
-		>/dev/null 2>gitweb.log &&
-	if grep "^[[]" gitweb.log >/dev/null 2>&1; then false; else true; fi
-
-	# gitweb.log is left for debugging
-}
-
-. ./test-lib.sh
-
-if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
-	say 'skipping gitweb tests, perl not available'
-	test_done
-fi
-
-perl -MEncode -e 'decode_utf8("", Encode::FB_CROAK)' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
-    say 'skipping gitweb tests, perl version is too old'
-    test_done
-}
-
-gitweb_init
+. ./gitweb-lib.sh
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # no commits (empty, just initialized repository)
diff --git a/t/t9501-gitweb-standalone-http-status.sh b/t/t9501-gitweb-standalone-http-status.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0ff21d426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t9501-gitweb-standalone-http-status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Mark Rada
+#
+
+test_description='gitweb as standalone script (http status tests).
+
+This test runs gitweb (git web interface) as a CGI script from the
+commandline, and checks that it returns the expected HTTP status
+code and message.'
+
+
+. ./gitweb-lib.sh
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# snapshot settings
+
+test_commit \
+	'SnapshotTests' \
+	'i can has snapshot?'
+
+cat >>gitweb_config.perl <<\EOF
+$feature{'snapshot'}{'override'} = 0;
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success \
+    'snapshots: tgz only default format enabled' \
+    'gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz" &&
+    grep "Status: 200 OK" gitweb.output &&
+    gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tbz2" &&
+    grep "403 - Unsupported snapshot format" gitweb.output &&
+    gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=txz" &&
+    grep "403 - Snapshot format not allowed" gitweb.output &&
+    gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=zip" &&
+    grep "403 - Unsupported snapshot format" gitweb.output'
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.output'
+
+
+cat >>gitweb_config.perl <<\EOF
+$feature{'snapshot'}{'default'} = ['tgz','tbz2','txz','zip'];
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success \
+    'snapshots: all enabled in default, use default disabled value' \
+    'gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz" &&
+    grep "Status: 200 OK" gitweb.output &&
+    gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tbz2" &&
+    grep "Status: 200 OK" gitweb.output &&
+    gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=txz" &&
+    grep "403 - Snapshot format not allowed" gitweb.output &&
+    gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=zip" &&
+    grep "Status: 200 OK" gitweb.output'
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.output'
+
+
+cat >>gitweb_config.perl <<\EOF
+$known_snapshot_formats{'zip'}{'disabled'} = 1;
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success \
+    'snapshots: zip explicitly disabled' \
+    'gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=zip" &&
+    grep "403 - Snapshot format not allowed" gitweb.output'
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.output'
+
+
+cat >>gitweb_config.perl <<\EOF
+$known_snapshot_formats{'tgz'}{'disabled'} = 0;
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success \
+    'snapshots: tgz explicitly enabled' \
+    'gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz" &&
+    grep "Status: 200 OK" gitweb.output'
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.output'
+
+
+test_done