diff --git a/Lib/test/test_abc.py b/Lib/test/test_abc.py
index 6a8c3a1..edd2c04 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_abc.py
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@
         self.assertFalse(issubclass(OldstyleClass, A))
         self.assertFalse(issubclass(A, OldstyleClass))
 
+    def test_type_has_no_abstractmethods(self):
+        # type pretends not to have __abstractmethods__.
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, type, "__abstractmethods__")
+        class meta(type):
+            pass
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, getattr, meta, "__abstractmethods__")
+
     def test_isinstance_class(self):
         class A:
             __metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta