diff --git a/src/libstd/str.rs b/src/libstd/str.rs
index d8f723d9c780..690e1906ae29 100644
--- a/src/libstd/str.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/str.rs
@@ -3139,6 +3139,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(pos, v.len());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_iterator_clone() {
+        let s = "ศไทย中华Việt Nam";
+        let mut it = s.iter();
+        it.next();
+        assert!(it.zip(it.clone()).all(|(x,y)| x == y));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_byte_iterator() {
         let s = ~"ศไทย中华Việt Nam";