#13987: HTMLParser is now able to handle malformed start tags.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py b/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py
index ba775ab..8136bca 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_htmlparser.py
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@
         self._run_check("</$>", [('comment', '$')])
         self._run_check("</", [('data', '</')])
         self._run_check("</a", [('data', '</a')])
-        self._parse_error("<a<a>")
+        # XXX this might be wrong
+        self._run_check("<a<a>", [('data', '<a'), ('starttag', 'a', [])])
         self._run_check("</a<a>", [('endtag', 'a<a')])
         self._run_check("<!", [('data', '<!')])
         self._run_check("<a", [('data', '<a')])