diff --git a/Lib/test/test_calendar.py b/Lib/test/test_calendar.py
index e8b2ca5..a4839a6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_calendar.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_calendar.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import unittest
 
 from test import support
+import locale
 
 
 result_2004_text = """
@@ -250,6 +251,19 @@
             # verify it "acts like a sequence" in two forms of iteration
             self.assertEqual(value[::-1], list(reversed(value)))
 
+    def test_localecalendars(self):
+        # ensure that Locale{Text,HTML}Calendar resets the locale properly
+        # (it is still not thread-safe though)
+        old_october = calendar.TextCalendar().formatmonthname(2010, 10, 10)
+        try:
+            calendar.LocaleTextCalendar(locale='').formatmonthname(2010, 10, 10)
+        except locale.Error:
+            # cannot set the system default locale -- skip rest of test
+            return
+        calendar.LocaleHTMLCalendar(locale='').formatmonthname(2010, 10)
+        new_october = calendar.TextCalendar().formatmonthname(2010, 10, 10)
+        self.assertEquals(old_october, new_october)
+
 
 class MonthCalendarTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_rlcompleter.py b/Lib/test/test_rlcompleter.py
index 29e6a1b..11a7bd2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_rlcompleter.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_rlcompleter.py
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 
     def test_global_matches(self):
         # test with builtins namespace
-        self.assertEqual(self.stdcompleter.global_matches('di'),
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(self.stdcompleter.global_matches('di')),
                          [x+'(' for x in dir(builtins) if x.startswith('di')])
-        self.assertEqual(self.stdcompleter.global_matches('st'),
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(self.stdcompleter.global_matches('st')),
                          [x+'(' for x in dir(builtins) if x.startswith('st')])
         self.assertEqual(self.stdcompleter.global_matches('akaksajadhak'), [])