diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index d1f5142..32cba06 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 """#"
 import _string
 import codecs
+import itertools
 import struct
 import sys
 import unittest
@@ -31,6 +32,16 @@
         return None
 codecs.register(search_function)
 
+def duplicate_string(text):
+    """
+    Try to get a fresh clone of the specified text:
+    new object with a reference count of 1.
+
+    This is a best-effort: latin1 single letters and the empty
+    string ('') are singletons and cannot be cloned.
+    """
+    return text.encode().decode()
+
 class UnicodeTest(string_tests.CommonTest,
         string_tests.MixinStrUnicodeUserStringTest,
         string_tests.MixinStrUnicodeTest,
@@ -2208,6 +2219,80 @@
                 self.assertNotEqual(abc, abcdef)
                 self.assertEqual(abcdef.decode('unicode_internal'), text)
 
+    def test_compare(self):
+        # Issue #17615
+        N = 10
+        ascii = 'a' * N
+        ascii2 = 'z' * N
+        latin = '\x80' * N
+        latin2 = '\xff' * N
+        bmp = '\u0100' * N
+        bmp2 = '\uffff' * N
+        astral = '\U00100000' * N
+        astral2 = '\U0010ffff' * N
+        strings = (
+            ascii, ascii2,
+            latin, latin2,
+            bmp, bmp2,
+            astral, astral2)
+        for text1, text2 in itertools.combinations(strings, 2):
+            equal = (text1 is text2)
+            self.assertEqual(text1 == text2, equal)
+            self.assertEqual(text1 != text2, not equal)
+
+            if equal:
+                self.assertTrue(text1 <= text2)
+                self.assertTrue(text1 >= text2)
+
+                # text1 is text2: duplicate strings to skip the "str1 == str2"
+                # optimization in unicode_compare_eq() and really compare
+                # character per character
+                copy1 = duplicate_string(text1)
+                copy2 = duplicate_string(text2)
+                self.assertIsNot(copy1, copy2)
+
+                self.assertTrue(copy1 == copy2)
+                self.assertFalse(copy1 != copy2)
+
+                self.assertTrue(copy1 <= copy2)
+                self.assertTrue(copy2 >= copy2)
+
+        self.assertTrue(ascii < ascii2)
+        self.assertTrue(ascii < latin)
+        self.assertTrue(ascii < bmp)
+        self.assertTrue(ascii < astral)
+        self.assertFalse(ascii >= ascii2)
+        self.assertFalse(ascii >= latin)
+        self.assertFalse(ascii >= bmp)
+        self.assertFalse(ascii >= astral)
+
+        self.assertFalse(latin < ascii)
+        self.assertTrue(latin < latin2)
+        self.assertTrue(latin < bmp)
+        self.assertTrue(latin < astral)
+        self.assertTrue(latin >= ascii)
+        self.assertFalse(latin >= latin2)
+        self.assertFalse(latin >= bmp)
+        self.assertFalse(latin >= astral)
+
+        self.assertFalse(bmp < ascii)
+        self.assertFalse(bmp < latin)
+        self.assertTrue(bmp < bmp2)
+        self.assertTrue(bmp < astral)
+        self.assertTrue(bmp >= ascii)
+        self.assertTrue(bmp >= latin)
+        self.assertFalse(bmp >= bmp2)
+        self.assertFalse(bmp >= astral)
+
+        self.assertFalse(astral < ascii)
+        self.assertFalse(astral < latin)
+        self.assertFalse(astral < bmp2)
+        self.assertTrue(astral < astral2)
+        self.assertTrue(astral >= ascii)
+        self.assertTrue(astral >= latin)
+        self.assertTrue(astral >= bmp2)
+        self.assertFalse(astral >= astral2)
+
 
 class StringModuleTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_formatter_parser(self):