diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index 30b7649..c0366dd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -1134,7 +1134,8 @@
         auth_hdr_value = 'Basic '+base64.encodestring(userpass).strip()
         self.assertEqual(http_handler.requests[1].get_header(auth_header),
                          auth_hdr_value)
-
+        self.assertEqual(http_handler.requests[1].unredirected_hdrs[auth_header],
+                         auth_hdr_value)
         # if the password manager can't find a password, the handler won't
         # handle the HTTP auth error
         password_manager.user = password_manager.password = None