diff --git a/Lib/test/test_array.py b/Lib/test/test_array.py
index b11c9d6..34a8f79 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_array.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_array.py
@@ -1009,6 +1009,23 @@
 class DoubleTest(FPTest):
     typecode = 'd'
     minitemsize = 8
+
+    def test_alloc_overflow(self):
+        a = array.array('d', [-1]*65536)
+        try:
+            a *= 65536
+        except MemoryError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.fail("a *= 2**16 didn't raise MemoryError")
+        b = array.array('d', [ 2.71828183, 3.14159265, -1])
+        try:
+            b * 1431655766
+        except MemoryError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            self.fail("a * 1431655766 didn't raise MemoryError")
+
 tests.append(DoubleTest)
 
 def test_main(verbose=None):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_struct.py b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
index e3a4e21..7ee47bf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_struct.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_struct.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import sys
 ISBIGENDIAN = sys.byteorder == "big"
+IS32BIT = sys.maxint == 0x7fffffff
 del sys
 
 try:
@@ -568,6 +569,13 @@
             for c in '\x01\x7f\xff\x0f\xf0':
                 self.assertTrue(struct.unpack('>?', c)[0])
 
+    def test_crasher(self):
+        if IS32BIT:
+            self.assertRaises(MemoryError, struct.pack, "357913941c", "a")
+        else:
+            print "%s test_crasher skipped on 64bit build."
+
+
 
 def test_main():
     run_unittest(StructTest)