diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bool.py b/Lib/test/test_bool.py
index 4b32aad2419f4a..08a046607d5b1c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bool.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bool.py
@@ -369,6 +369,13 @@ def f(x):
         f(x)
         self.assertGreaterEqual(x.count, 1)
 
+    def test_bool_new(self):
+        assert bool.__new__(bool) is False
+        assert bool.__new__(bool, 1) is True
+        assert bool.__new__(bool, 0) is False
+        assert bool.__new__(bool, False) is False
+        assert bool.__new__(bool, True) is True
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()