diff --git a/src/testdir/test_utf8.vim b/src/testdir/test_utf8.vim
index fa6f76a..e83a3d0 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_utf8.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_utf8.vim
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@
   let sres = list2str(l, 1)
   call assert_equal([65, 66, 67], str2list("ABC"))
 
+  " Try converting a list to a string in latin-1 encoding
+  call assert_equal([1, 2, 3], str2list(list2str([1, 2, 3])))
+
   let &encoding = save_encoding
   call assert_equal(l, lres)
   call assert_equal(s, sres)