diff --git a/Lib/test/pickletester.py b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
index cc464a9ff7d..36b3702d123 100644
--- a/Lib/test/pickletester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
@@ -322,6 +322,20 @@ def test_newobj_list(self):
         self.assertEqual(x.__dict__, y.__dict__)
 ##         import pickletools
 ##         print
+##         pickletools.dis(s)
+
+    def test_newobj_list_slots(self):
+        x = SlotList([1, 2, 3])
+        x.foo = 42
+        x.bar = "hello"
+        s = self.dumps(x, 2)
+        y = self.loads(s)
+        self.assertEqual(list(x), list(y))
+        self.assertEqual(x.__dict__, y.__dict__)
+        self.assertEqual(x.foo, y.foo)
+        self.assertEqual(x.bar, y.bar)
+##         import pickletools
+##         print
 ##         pickletools.dis(s)
 
 class MyTuple(tuple):
@@ -330,6 +344,9 @@ class MyTuple(tuple):
 class MyList(list):
     pass
 
+class SlotList(MyList):
+    __slots__ = ["foo"]
+
 class AbstractPickleModuleTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_dump_closed_file(self):