diff --git a/test/test_compat.py b/test/test_compat.py
index f5317ac3e2..1d7ac9f169 100644
--- a/test/test_compat.py
+++ b/test/test_compat.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ def test_compat_urllib_parse_urlencode(self):
 
     def test_compat_shlex_split(self):
         self.assertEqual(compat_shlex_split('-option "one two"'), ['-option', 'one two'])
+        self.assertEqual(compat_shlex_split('-option "one\ntwo" \n -flag'), ['-option', 'one\ntwo', '-flag'])
 
     def test_compat_etree_fromstring(self):
         xml = '''