diff --git a/activesupport/test/multibyte_chars_test.rb b/activesupport/test/multibyte_chars_test.rb
index 63cfadb..96a33b1 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/multibyte_chars_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/multibyte_chars_test.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ class CharsTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_kind_of ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars, word.chars.split(//).first, "Split should return Chars instances"
   end
   
+  def test_normalization
+    handler    = ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Handlers::UTF8Handler
+    composed   = handler.normalize("bös")
+    decomposed = handler.normalize("bös", :kd)
+    reverse_composed   = handler.normalize("söb")
+    reverse_decomposed = handler.normalize("söb", :kd)
+
+#    assert_equal composed.chars, decomposed.chars  # not sure if this should pass or not
+
+    # this passes
+    assert_equal reverse_composed, composed.chars.reverse
+    # this fails, but shouldn't
+    assert [reverse_composed, reverse_decomposed].include?(decomposed.chars.reverse),
+           "decomposed.chars.reverse was expected to be " + 
+           [reverse_composed, reverse_decomposed].map(&:inspect).join(" or ") +
+           " but was #{decomposed.chars.reverse.to_s.inspect}"
+  end
+  
   def test_regexp
     with_kcode('none') do
       assert_equal 12, (@s[:utf8].chars =~ /ffi/),