diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_future b/Lib/test/output/test_future
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d7770a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/output/test_future
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+test_future
+6
+6
+SyntaxError test_future3 3
+SyntaxError test_future4 3
+SyntaxError test_future5 4
+SyntaxError test_future6 3
+SyntaxError test_future7 3
diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 43e630e..f05f764 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -197,6 +197,13 @@
     'test_support',
     'test_b1',
     'test_b2',
+    'test_future1',
+    'test_future2',
+    'test_future3',
+    'test_future4',
+    'test_future5',
+    'test_future6',
+    'test_future7',
     ]
 
 def findtests(testdir=None, stdtests=STDTESTS, nottests=NOTTESTS):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_future.py b/Lib/test/test_future.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36a1346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_future.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Test various flavors of legal and illegal future statements
+
+from test_support import unload
+import re
+
+rx = re.compile('\((\S+).py, line (\d+)')
+
+def check_error_location(msg):
+    mo = rx.search(msg)
+    print "SyntaxError %s %s" % mo.group(1, 2)
+
+# The first two tests should work
+
+unload('test_future1')
+import test_future1
+
+unload('test_future2')
+import test_future2
+
+# The remaining tests should fail
+try:
+    import test_future3
+except SyntaxError, msg:
+    check_error_location(str(msg))
+
+try:
+    import test_future4
+except SyntaxError, msg:
+    check_error_location(str(msg))
+
+try:
+    import test_future5
+except SyntaxError, msg:
+    check_error_location(str(msg))
+
+try:
+    import test_future6
+except SyntaxError, msg:
+    check_error_location(str(msg))
+
+try:
+    import test_future7
+except SyntaxError, msg:
+    check_error_location(str(msg))
+
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_future1.py b/Lib/test/test_future1.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0589661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_future1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""This is a test"""
+from __future__ import nested_scopes
+
+def f(x):
+    def g(y):
+        return x + y
+    return g
+
+print f(2)(4)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_future2.py b/Lib/test/test_future2.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3df0a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_future2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""This is a test"""
+
+from __future__ import nested_scopes; import string
+
+def f(x):
+    def g(y):
+        return x + y
+    return g
+
+print f(2)(4)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_future3.py b/Lib/test/test_future3.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..166628c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_future3.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""This is a test"""
+from __future__ import nested_scopes
+from __future__ import rested_snopes
+
+def f(x):
+    def g(y):
+        return x + y
+    return g
+
+print f(2)(4)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_future4.py b/Lib/test/test_future4.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..805263b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_future4.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""This is a test"""
+import __future__
+from __future__ import nested_scopes
+
+def f(x):
+    def g(y):
+        return x + y
+    return g
+
+print f(2)(4)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_future5.py b/Lib/test/test_future5.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1186208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_future5.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""This is a test"""
+from __future__ import nested_scopes
+import foo
+from __future__ import nested_scopes
+
+
+def f(x):
+    def g(y):
+        return x + y
+    return g
+
+print f(2)(4)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_future6.py b/Lib/test/test_future6.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35c1455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_future6.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""This is a test"""
+"this isn't a doc string"
+from __future__ import nested_scopes
+
+def f(x):
+    def g(y):
+        return x + y
+    return g
+
+print f(2)(4)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_future7.py b/Lib/test/test_future7.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..370372d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_future7.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""This is a test"""
+
+from __future__ import nested_scopes; import string; from __future__ import \
+     nested_scopes
+
+def f(x):
+    def g(y):
+        return x + y
+    return g
+
+print f(2)(4)