diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index 77a6018..8fa466c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@
         self.failUnless(unicode(Exception))
         self.failUnless(str(Exception('a')))
         self.failUnless(unicode(Exception(u'a')))
+        self.failUnless(unicode(Exception(u'\xe1')))
 
 
 def test_main():