diff --git a/mysql-test/r/fulltext_left_join.result b/mysql-test/r/fulltext_left_join.result
index 68a424fa3a5..fdf11c14cc4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/fulltext_left_join.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/fulltext_left_join.result
@@ -67,3 +67,26 @@ id	d	e	m_id	f
 4	bword	aword	NULL	NULL
 5	aword and bword	NULL	5	
 drop table t1,t2;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+id int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+link int(10) default NULL,
+name mediumtext default NULL,
+PRIMARY KEY (id),
+FULLTEXT (name)
+);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1, 1, 'string');
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2, 0, 'string');
+CREATE TABLE t2 (
+id int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+name mediumtext default NULL,
+PRIMARY KEY (id),
+FULLTEXT (name)
+);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1, 'string');
+SELECT t1.*, MATCH(t1.name) AGAINST('string') AS relevance 
+FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.link = t2.id
+WHERE MATCH(t1.name, t2.name) AGAINST('string' IN BOOLEAN MODE);
+id	link	name	relevance
+1	1	string	0
+2	0	string	0
+DROP TABLE t1,t2;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/fulltext_left_join.test b/mysql-test/t/fulltext_left_join.test
index 7c22f49ed8c..5942ce119ee 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/fulltext_left_join.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/fulltext_left_join.test
@@ -58,4 +58,32 @@ insert into t2 values (1, 'bword'), (3, 'aword'), (5, '');
 select * from t1 left join t2 on m_id = id where match(d, e, f) against ('+aword +bword' in boolean mode);
 drop table t1,t2;
 
+#
+# BUG#25637: LEFT JOIN with BOOLEAN FULLTEXT loses left table matches
+#            (this is actually the same bug as bug #14708)
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+  id int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+  link int(10) default NULL,
+  name mediumtext default NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (id),
+  FULLTEXT (name)
+);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1, 1, 'string');
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (2, 0, 'string');
+CREATE TABLE t2 (
+    id int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+    name mediumtext default NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY (id),
+    FULLTEXT (name)
+);
+INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (1, 'string');
+
+SELECT t1.*, MATCH(t1.name) AGAINST('string') AS relevance 
+  FROM t1 LEFT JOIN t2 ON t1.link = t2.id
+    WHERE MATCH(t1.name, t2.name) AGAINST('string' IN BOOLEAN MODE);
+
+DROP TABLE t1,t2;
+
 # End of 4.1 tests