diff --git a/src/testdir/test_alot_utf8.vim b/src/testdir/test_alot_utf8.vim
index 049251f..539e0e1 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_alot_utf8.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_alot_utf8.vim
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 source test_expr_utf8.vim
 source test_matchadd_conceal_utf8.vim
 source test_regexp_utf8.vim
+source test_source_utf8.vim
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_regexp_utf8.vim b/src/testdir/test_regexp_utf8.vim
index ea91829..d225983 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_regexp_utf8.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_regexp_utf8.vim
@@ -92,18 +92,3 @@
   call s:classes_test()
   set re=0
 endfunc
-
-func Test_source_utf8()
-  " check that sourcing a script with 0x80 as second byte works
-  new
-  call setline(1, [':%s/àx/--à1234--/g', ':%s/Àx/--À1234--/g'])
-  write! Xscript
-  bwipe!
-  new
-  call setline(1, [' àx ', ' Àx '])
-  source! Xscript | echo
-  call assert_equal(' --à1234-- ', getline(1))
-  call assert_equal(' --À1234-- ', getline(2))
-  bwipe!
-  call delete('Xscript')
-endfunc
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_source_utf8.vim b/src/testdir/test_source_utf8.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edb76fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/test_source_utf8.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+" Test the :source! command
+if !has('multi_byte')
+  finish
+endif
+
+func Test_source_utf8()
+  " check that sourcing a script with 0x80 as second byte works
+  new
+  call setline(1, [':%s/àx/--à1234--/g', ':%s/Àx/--À1234--/g'])
+  write! Xscript
+  bwipe!
+  new
+  call setline(1, [' àx ', ' Àx '])
+  source! Xscript | echo
+  call assert_equal(' --à1234-- ', getline(1))
+  call assert_equal(' --À1234-- ', getline(2))
+  bwipe!
+  call delete('Xscript')
+endfunc
+
+func Test_source_latin()
+  " check that sourcing a latin1 script with a 0xc0 byte works
+  new
+  call setline(1, ["call feedkeys('r')", "call feedkeys('\xc0', 'xt')"])
+  write! Xscript
+  bwipe!
+  new
+  call setline(1, ['xxx'])
+  source Xscript
+  call assert_equal("\u00c0xx", getline(1))
+  bwipe!
+  call delete('Xscript')
+endfunc