diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pep263.py b/Lib/test/test_pep263.py
index dd13558..cacf1d6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pep263.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pep263.py
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
             b'\\\xd0\x9f'
         )
 
+    def test_compilestring(self):
+        # see #1882
+        c = compile("\n# coding: utf-8\nu = '\xc3\xb3'\n", "dummy", "exec")
+        d = {}
+        exec(c, d)
+        self.assertEqual(d['u'], '\xf3')
+
+
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(PEP263Test)