diff --git a/Lib/test/re_tests.py b/Lib/test/re_tests.py
index 9daf8c4..aacd916 100755
--- a/Lib/test/re_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/re_tests.py
@@ -636,4 +636,6 @@
     (r'(?i)m+', 'MMM', SUCCEED, 'found', 'MMM'),
     (r'(?i)[M]+', 'MMM', SUCCEED, 'found', 'MMM'),
     (r'(?i)[m]+', 'MMM', SUCCEED, 'found', 'MMM'),
+    # bug 130748: ^* should be an error (nothing to repeat)
+    (r'^*', '', SYNTAX_ERROR),
 ]