diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index 3bfb582cb69..32a66ea9ba8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ class ExceptionTests(unittest.TestCase):
         try: x = 1/0
         except Exception as e: pass
 
+        self.raise_catch(StopAsyncIteration, "StopAsyncIteration")
+
     def testSyntaxErrorMessage(self):
         # make sure the right exception message is raised for each of
         # these code fragments