diff --git a/tests/data_files/Makefile b/tests/data_files/Makefile
index b92944ac29..581de256fb 100644
--- a/tests/data_files/Makefile
+++ b/tests/data_files/Makefile
@@ -1136,6 +1136,14 @@ pkcs7_test_cert_1 = pkcs7-rsa-sha256-1.crt
 pkcs7_test_cert_2 = pkcs7-rsa-sha256-2.crt
 pkcs7_test_file = pkcs7_data.bin
 
+$(pkcs7_test_file):
+	echo -e "Hello\xd" > $@
+all_final += $(pkcs7_test_file)
+
+pkcs7_data_1.bin:
+	echo -e "2\xd" > $@
+all_final += pkcs7_data_1.bin
+
 # Generate signing cert
 pkcs7-rsa-sha256-1.crt:
 	$(OPENSSL) req -x509 -subj="/C=NL/O=PKCS7/CN=PKCS7 Cert 1" -sha256 -nodes -days 365  -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout pkcs7-rsa-sha256-1.key -out pkcs7-rsa-sha256-1.crt
diff --git a/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data.bin b/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data.bin
index e965047ad7..40ee264774 100644
--- a/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data.bin
+++ b/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data.bin
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Hello
+Hello
diff --git a/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_1.bin b/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_1.bin
index 0cfbf08886..78c6baefdd 100644
--- a/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_1.bin
+++ b/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_1.bin
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2
+2
diff --git a/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_cert_encrypted.der b/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_cert_encrypted.der
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diff --git a/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_signed_badcert.der b/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_signed_badcert.der
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diff --git a/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_signed_badsigner.der b/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_signed_badsigner.der
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diff --git a/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_without_cert_signed.der b/tests/data_files/pkcs7_data_without_cert_signed.der
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diff --git a/tests/data_files/pkcs7_signerInfo_issuer_invalid_size.der b/tests/data_files/pkcs7_signerInfo_issuer_invalid_size.der
index 2973ccd7e5..898ca6777a 100644
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diff --git a/tests/data_files/pkcs7_signerInfo_serial_invalid_size.der b/tests/data_files/pkcs7_signerInfo_serial_invalid_size.der
index 2db359072b..f4b4e384db 100644
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diff --git a/tests/scripts/check_files.py b/tests/scripts/check_files.py
index a0f5e1f538..50af88a6b6 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check_files.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/check_files.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ BINARY_FILE_PATH_RE_LIST = [
     r'tests/data_files/.*\.req\.[^/]+\Z',
     r'tests/data_files/.*malformed[^/]+\Z',
     r'tests/data_files/format_pkcs12\.fmt\Z',
+    r'tests/data_files/pkcs7_data.*\.bin\Z',
 ]
 BINARY_FILE_PATH_RE = re.compile('|'.join(BINARY_FILE_PATH_RE_LIST))
 
diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_pkcs7.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_pkcs7.function
index c5094bcca8..a1de9998d4 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_pkcs7.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_pkcs7.function
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void pkcs7_verify_multiple_signers( char *pkcs7_file, char *crt1, char *crt2, ch
     res = stat( filetobesigned, &st );
     TEST_ASSERT( res == 0 );
 
-    file = fopen( filetobesigned, "r" );
+    file = fopen( filetobesigned, "rb" );
     TEST_ASSERT( file != NULL );
 
     datalen = st.st_size;