diff --git a/Lib/test/test_parser.py b/Lib/test/test_parser.py
index 1069606..23f418e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_parser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_parser.py
@@ -200,6 +200,16 @@
         self.check_suite("with open('x'): pass\n")
         self.check_suite("with open('x') as f: pass\n")
 
+    def test_try_stmt(self):
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept: pass\n")
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nfinally: pass\n")
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept A: pass\nfinally: pass\n")
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept A: pass\nexcept: pass\n"
+                         "finally: pass\n")
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept: pass\nelse: pass\n")
+        self.check_suite("try: pass\nexcept: pass\nelse: pass\n"
+                         "finally: pass\n")
+
     def test_position(self):
         # An absolutely minimal test of position information.  Better
         # tests would be a big project.