diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xrange.py b/Lib/test/test_xrange.py
index 1e7f9dec65d..a31f175a7f1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xrange.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xrange.py
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ def test_xrange(self):
         r = range(-sys.maxint, sys.maxint, 2)
         self.assertEqual(len(r), sys.maxint)
 
+    def test_repr(self):
+        self.assertEqual(repr(range(1)), 'range(1)')
+        self.assertEqual(repr(range(1, 2)), 'range(1, 2)')
+        self.assertEqual(repr(range(1, 2, 3)), 'range(1, 2, 3)')
+
 def test_main():
     test.test_support.run_unittest(XrangeTest)