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diff --git a/tests/float/float_format.py b/tests/float/float_format.py
index 4c8a217567..98ed0eb096 100644
--- a/tests/float/float_format.py
+++ b/tests/float/float_format.py
@@ -17,3 +17,11 @@ print("%.2e" % float("9" * 40 + "e-21"))
# check a case that would render negative digit values, eg ")" characters
# the string is converted back to a float to check for no illegal characters
float("%.23e" % 1e-80)
+
+# Check a problem with malformed "e" format numbers on the edge of 1.0e-X.
+for r in range(38):
+ s = "%.12e" % float("1e-" + str(r))
+ # It may format as 1e-r, or 9.999...e-(r+1), both are OK.
+ # But formatting as 0.999...e-r is NOT ok.
+ if s[0] == "0":
+ print("FAIL:", s)