diff --git a/Lib/test/test_netrc.py b/Lib/test/test_netrc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5922fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_netrc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+import netrc, os, tempfile, test_support, unittest
+
+TEST_NETRC = """
+machine foo login log1 password pass1 account acct1
+
+macdef macro1
+line1
+line2
+
+macdef macro2
+line3
+line4
+
+default login log2 password pass2 
+
+"""
+
+temp_filename = tempfile.mktemp()
+
+class NetrcTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp (self):
+        fp = open(temp_filename, 'wt')
+        fp.write(TEST_NETRC)
+        fp.close()
+        self.netrc = netrc.netrc(temp_filename)
+        
+    def tearDown (self):
+        del self.netrc
+        os.unlink(temp_filename)
+
+    def test_case_1(self):
+        self.assert_(self.netrc.macros == {'macro1':['line1\n', 'line2\n'],
+                                           'macro2':['line3\n', 'line4\n']}
+                                           )
+        self.assert_(self.netrc.hosts['foo'] == ('log1', 'acct1', 'pass1'))
+        self.assert_(self.netrc.hosts['default'] == ('log2', None, 'pass2'))
+            
+        
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_support.run_unittest(NetrcTestCase)
+
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sundry.py b/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
index 3329ed6..86c7f7a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sundry.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 import mimify
 import multifile
 import mutex
-import netrc
 import nntplib
 import nturl2path
 import pdb