diff --git a/Lib/test/test_logging.py b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
index 09fdf4b..9c7bf5b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 #
-# Copyright 2001-2004 by Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 2001-2009 by Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
 # documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 
 """Test harness for the logging module. Run all tests.
 
-Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Vinay Sajip. All Rights Reserved.
 """
 
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
 import logging.config
 
+import codecs
 import copy
 import cPickle
 import cStringIO
@@ -860,6 +861,7 @@
             ('foo', 'DEBUG', '3'),
         ])
 
+
 class EncodingTest(BaseTest):
     def test_encoding_plain_file(self):
         # In Python 2.x, a plain file object is treated as having no encoding.
@@ -886,6 +888,27 @@
             if os.path.isfile(fn):
                 os.remove(fn)
 
+    def test_encoding_cyrillic_unicode(self):
+        log = logging.getLogger("test")
+        #Get a message in Unicode: Do svidanya in Cyrillic (meaning goodbye)
+        message = u'\u0434\u043e \u0441\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f'
+        #Ensure it's written in a Cyrillic encoding
+        writer_class = codecs.getwriter('cp1251')
+        stream = cStringIO.StringIO()
+        writer = writer_class(stream, 'strict')
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(writer)
+        log.addHandler(handler)
+        try:
+            log.warning(message)
+        finally:
+            log.removeHandler(handler)
+            handler.close()
+        # check we wrote exactly those bytes, ignoring trailing \n etc
+        s = stream.getvalue()
+        #Compare against what the data should be when encoded in CP-1251
+        self.assertEqual(s, '\xe4\xee \xf1\xe2\xe8\xe4\xe0\xed\xe8\xff\n')
+
+
 class WarningsTest(BaseTest):
     def test_warnings(self):
         logging.captureWarnings(True)