diff --git a/tests/resources/README.rst b/tests/resources/README.rst
index 49ef8917..561c5fa7 100644
--- a/tests/resources/README.rst
+++ b/tests/resources/README.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ under the terms of the license in LICENSE.rst.
     *   - no_contents.pdf
         - @jbarlow83
         - synthetic PDF with a blank page that has no /Contents entry
+    *   - trivial.pdf
+        - @jbarlow83
+        - smallest possible valid PDF-1.3 with all required fields
 
 
 Assemblies
diff --git a/tests/resources/trivial.pdf b/tests/resources/trivial.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7775972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/trivial.pdf
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+%PDF-1.3
+%¿÷¢þ
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+<< /Pages 2 0 R /Type /Catalog >>
+endobj
+2 0 obj
+<< /Count 1 /Kids [ 3 0 R ] /Type /Pages >>
+endobj
+3 0 obj
+<< /Contents 4 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 300 300 ] /Parent 2 0 R /Resources << >> /Type /Page >>
+endobj
+4 0 obj
+<< /Length 0 >>
+stream
+endstream
+endobj
+xref
+0 5
+0000000000 65535 f 
+0000000015 00000 n 
+0000000064 00000 n 
+0000000123 00000 n 
+0000000229 00000 n 
+trailer << /Root 1 0 R /Size 5 /ID [<8088c23e0edc07ef4fbed3daa55f52ed><8088c23e0edc07ef4fbed3daa55f52ed>] >>
+startxref
+277
+%%EOF