diff --git a/tests/python.rs b/tests/python.rs
index 97ba7540..2250bd9d 100644
--- a/tests/python.rs
+++ b/tests/python.rs
@@ -270,6 +270,16 @@ fn test_cache_into() {
     })
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_use_tape() {
+    let json = r#"  "foo\nbar"  "#;
+    Python::with_gil(|py| {
+        cache_clear(py);
+        let obj = python_parse(py, json.as_bytes(), false, StringCacheMode::None, false).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(obj.to_string(), "foo\nbar");
+    })
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_unicode() {
     let json = r#"{"💩": "£"}"#;