diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
index 1d7fd73..1cf8e44 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
         for line in self.returned_obj.__iter__():
             self.assertEqual(line, self.text)
 
-
 class ProxyTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -607,6 +606,11 @@
         self.assertEqual(DummyURLopener().open(
             'spam://example/ /'),'//example/%20/')
 
+        # test the safe characters are not quoted by urlopen
+        self.assertEqual(DummyURLopener().open(
+            "spam://c:|windows%/:=&?~#+!$,;'@()*[]|/path/"),
+            "//c:|windows%/:=&?~#+!$,;'@()*[]|/path/")
+
 
 # Just commented them out.
 # Can't really tell why keep failing in windows and sparc.