diff --git a/Lib/test/test_deque.py b/Lib/test/test_deque.py
index 5d975f6..a9e010e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_deque.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_deque.py
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@
     def test_maxlen(self):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, deque, 'abc', -1)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, deque, 'abc', -2)
-        d = deque(range(10), maxlen=3)
+        it = iter(range(10))
+        d = deque(it, maxlen=3)
+        self.assertEqual(list(it), [])
         self.assertEqual(repr(d), 'deque([7, 8, 9], maxlen=3)')
         self.assertEqual(list(d), [7, 8, 9])
         self.assertEqual(d, deque(range(10), 3))
@@ -88,6 +90,21 @@
             fo.close()
             support.unlink(support.TESTFN)
 
+    def test_maxlen_zero(self):
+        it = iter(range(100))
+        deque(it, maxlen=0)
+        self.assertEqual(list(it), [])
+
+        it = iter(range(100))
+        d = deque(maxlen=0)
+        d.extend(it)
+        self.assertEqual(list(it), [])
+
+        it = iter(range(100))
+        d = deque(maxlen=0)
+        d.extendleft(it)
+        self.assertEqual(list(it), [])
+
     def test_comparisons(self):
         d = deque('xabc'); d.popleft()
         for e in [d, deque('abc'), deque('ab'), deque(), list(d)]: