diff --git a/regress/sfcgal/tickets.sql b/regress/sfcgal/tickets.sql
index 7b7439ae3..8b68db498 100644
--- a/regress/sfcgal/tickets.sql
+++ b/regress/sfcgal/tickets.sql
@@ -808,5 +808,9 @@ SELECT '#2110.3', 'POINT(0 0)'::geometry = 'POINT(0 0)'::geometry;
 SELECT '#2145',
 round(ST_Length(St_Segmentize(ST_GeographyFromText('LINESTRING(-89.3000030518 28.2000007629,-89.1999969482 89.1999969482,-89.1999969482 89.1999969482)'), 10000))::numeric,0);
 
+SELECT '#3255';
+-- should raise an error
+SELECT ST_3DDifference('POINT(-11 40)'::geometry, 'POLYGON((1 2,1 2,1 2,1 2))'::geometry);
+
 -- Clean up
 DELETE FROM spatial_ref_sys;
diff --git a/regress/sfcgal/tickets_expected b/regress/sfcgal/tickets_expected
index 6d63faf1d..1be320257 100644
--- a/regress/sfcgal/tickets_expected
+++ b/regress/sfcgal/tickets_expected
@@ -245,3 +245,9 @@ ERROR:  invalid GML representation
 #2110.2|t
 #2110.3|t
 #2145|6792004
+#3255
+NOTICE:  During difference_3d(A,B) :
+NOTICE:    with A: POINT(-11/1 40/1)
+NOTICE:     and B: POLYGON((1/1 2/1,1/1 2/1,1/1 2/1,1/1 2/1))
+ERROR:  When converting to 3D - Polygon is invalid : ring 0 degenerated to a point : POLYGON((1/1 2/1 0/1,1/1 2/1 0/1,1/1 2/1 0/1,1/1 2/1 0/1))
+