diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py
index 323b25d..7eeac32 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/regression.py
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@
             pass
         except:
             self.fail("should have raised ProgrammingError")
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(sqlite.ProgrammingError,
+                                     r'^Base Cursor\.__init__ not called\.$'):
+            cur.close()
 
     def CheckConnectionConstructorCallCheck(self):
         """