diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_spawn.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_spawn.py
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+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_spawn.py
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+"""Tests for distutils.spawn."""
+import unittest
+from distutils.spawn import _nt_quote_args
+
+class SpawnTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_nt_quote_args(self):
+
+        for (args, wanted) in ((['with space', 'nospace'],
+                                ['"with space"', 'nospace']),
+                               (['nochange', 'nospace'],
+                                ['nochange', 'nospace'])):
+            res = _nt_quote_args(args)
+            self.assertEquals(res, wanted)
+
+def test_suite():
+    return unittest.makeSuite(SpawnTestCase)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main(defaultTest="test_suite")