diff --git a/src/testdir/test_gettext.vim b/src/testdir/test_gettext.vim
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+source check.vim
+
+" Test for gettext()
+func Test_gettext()
+  call assert_fails('call bindtextdomain("test")', 'E119:')
+  call assert_fails('call bindtextdomain("vim", "test")', 'E475:')
+
+  call assert_fails('call gettext(1)', 'E1174:')
+  call assert_equal('xxxTESTxxx', gettext("xxxTESTxxx"))
+
+  call assert_equal('xxxTESTxxx', gettext("xxxTESTxxx", "vim"))
+  call assert_equal('xxxTESTxxx', gettext("xxxTESTxxx", "__PACKAGE__"))
+  call assert_equal('ERROR: ', gettext("ERROR: ", "__PACKAGE__"))
+endfunc
+
+" vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab