diff --git a/Lib/test/test_optparse.py b/Lib/test/test_optparse.py
index 59f752e..d4e5bb9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_optparse.py
@@ -769,12 +769,12 @@
         self.assertParseFail(["-test"],
                              "no such option: -e")
 
-    def test_flag_accepts_unicode(self):
-        try:
-            self.parser.add_option(u"-u", u"--unicode")
-            self.parser.parse_args()
-        except TypeError:
-            self.fail("Failed parsing flag passed to add_option() as unicode.")
+    def test_add_option_accepts_unicode(self):
+        self.parser.add_option(u"-u", u"--unicode", action="store_true")
+        self.assertParseOK(["-u"],
+                           {'a': None, 'boo': None, 'foo': None, 'unicode': True},
+                           [])
+
 
 class TestBool(BaseTest):
     def setUp(self):