diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
index 028cbfd..2999aa6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bytes.py
@@ -99,6 +99,21 @@
         self.failIf(b3 <  b2)
         self.failIf(b3 <= b2)
 
+    def test_compare_to_str(self):
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" == "abc", True)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" != "abc", True)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" <= "abc", True)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" < "abc", True)
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" >= "ab", True)
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" > "ab", True)
+
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" != "abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" == "abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" > "abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(b"ab" >= "abc", False)
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" < "ab", False)
+        self.assertEqual(b"abc" <= "ab", False)
+
     def test_nohash(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, hash, bytes())