diff --git a/Lib/test/test_difflib.py b/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
index 745ccbd..5e2ca1a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
@@ -89,10 +89,16 @@
         # Check fix for bug #1488943
         diff = list(difflib.Differ().compare(["\tI am a buggy"],["\t\tI am a bug"]))
         self.assertEqual("- \tI am a buggy", diff[0])
-        self.assertEqual("?            --\n", diff[1])
+        self.assertEqual("? \t          --\n", diff[1])
         self.assertEqual("+ \t\tI am a bug", diff[2])
         self.assertEqual("? +\n", diff[3])
 
+    def test_hint_indented_properly_with_tabs(self):
+        diff = list(difflib.Differ().compare(["\t \t \t^"], ["\t \t \t^\n"]))
+        self.assertEqual("- \t \t \t^", diff[0])
+        self.assertEqual("+ \t \t \t^\n", diff[1])
+        self.assertEqual("? \t \t \t +\n", diff[2])
+
     def test_mdiff_catch_stop_iteration(self):
         # Issue #33224
         self.assertEqual(