diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index 6e13050e53c..2b0c0179707 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -377,6 +377,11 @@ def __getitem__(self, index):
                 return weirdstr(2*str.__getitem__(self, index))
         self.assertEqual(filter(lambda x: x>="33", weirdstr("1234")), "3344")
 
+        class shiftstr(str):
+            def __getitem__(self, index):
+                return chr(ord(str.__getitem__(self, index))+1)
+        self.assertEqual(filter(lambda x: x>="3", shiftstr("1234")), "345")
+
         if have_unicode:
             # test bltinmodule.c::filterunicode()
             self.assertEqual(filter(None, unicode("12")), unicode("12"))
@@ -395,6 +400,14 @@ def __getitem__(self, index):
             self.assertEqual(
                 filter(lambda x: x>=unicode("33"), weirdunicode("1234")), unicode("3344"))
 
+            class shiftunicode(unicode):
+                def __getitem__(self, index):
+                    return unichr(ord(unicode.__getitem__(self, index))+1)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                filter(lambda x: x>=unicode("3"), shiftunicode("1234")),
+                unicode("345")
+            )
+
     def test_float(self):
         self.assertEqual(float(3.14), 3.14)
         self.assertEqual(float(314), 314.0)