diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bool.py b/Lib/test/test_bool.py
index 4b32aad2419f4a..f46f21da8da351 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):
+        self.assertIs(bool.__new__(bool), False)
+        self.assertIs(bool.__new__(bool, 1), True)
+        self.assertIs(bool.__new__(bool, 0), False)
+        self.assertIs(bool.__new__(bool, False), False)
+        self.assertIs(bool.__new__(bool, True), True)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()