diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index 080daa4..4d117c7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -731,6 +731,8 @@
             ("file://ftp.example.com///foo.txt", False),
 # XXXX bug: fails with OSError, should be URLError
             ("file://ftp.example.com/foo.txt", False),
+            ("file://somehost//foo/something.txt", True),
+            ("file://localhost//foo/something.txt", False),
             ]:
             req = Request(url)
             try:
@@ -741,6 +743,7 @@
             else:
                 self.assertTrue(o.req is req)
                 self.assertEqual(req.type, "ftp")
+            self.assertEqual(req.type is "ftp", ftp)
 
     def test_http(self):