diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
index 7c7ef26..9f0fe18 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
 from test import test_support
 import zlib
+import binascii
 import random
 
 
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@
         self.assertEqual(zlib.adler32(foo+foo), -721416943)
         self.assertEqual(zlib.adler32('spam'), 72286642)
 
+    def test_same_as_binascii_crc32(self):
+        foo = 'abcdefghijklmnop'
+        self.assertEqual(binascii.crc32(foo), zlib.crc32(foo))
+        self.assertEqual(binascii.crc32('spam'), zlib.crc32('spam'))
+
 
 
 class ExceptionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):