diff --git a/Lib/test/test_int.py b/Lib/test/test_int.py
index 3462540..dd40ef6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_int.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_int.py
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, int, "0b", 2)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, int, "0b", 0)
 
+        # Bug #3236: Return small longs from PyLong_FromString
+        self.assert_(int("10") is 10)
+        self.assert_(int("-1") is -1)
 
         # SF bug 1334662: int(string, base) wrong answers
         # Various representations of 2**32 evaluated to 0