diff --git a/Lib/test/string_tests.py b/Lib/test/string_tests.py
index d4041be..067ccca 100644
--- a/Lib/test/string_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/string_tests.py
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@
 
     test('capitalize', ' hello ', ' hello ')
     test('capitalize', 'hello ', 'Hello ')
+
+    test('count', 'aaa', 3, 'a')
+    test('count', 'aaa', 0, 'b')
+    
     test('find', 'abcdefghiabc', 0, 'abc')
     test('find', 'abcdefghiabc', 9, 'abc', 1)
     test('find', 'abcdefghiabc', -1, 'def', 4)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index 579bab1..c71f927 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
 test('capitalize', u' hello ', u' hello ')
 test('capitalize', u'hello ', u'Hello ')
 
+test('count', u'aaa', 3, u'a')
+test('count', u'aaa', 0, u'b')
+test('count', 'aaa', 3, u'a')
+test('count', 'aaa', 0, u'b')
+test('count', u'aaa', 3, 'a')
+test('count', u'aaa', 0, 'b')
+
 test('title', u' hello ', u' Hello ')
 test('title', u'hello ', u'Hello ')
 test('title', u"fOrMaT thIs aS titLe String", u'Format This As Title String')