1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_import.py b/Lib/test/test_import.py
index 9c44b87..a44170c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_import.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_import.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from test.test_support import TESTFN, run_unittest, catch_warning
+from test.test_support import TESTFN, run_unittest, catch_warning
 
 import unittest
 import os
@@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ class ImportTest(unittest.TestCase):
             warnings.simplefilter('error', ImportWarning)
             self.assertRaises(ImportWarning, __import__, "site-packages")
 
+    def test_importbyfilename(self):
+        path = os.path.abspath(TESTFN)
+        try:
+            __import__(path)
+        except ImportError, err:
+            self.assertEqual("Import by filename is not supported.",
+                              err.args[0])
+        else:
+            self.fail("import by path didn't raise an exception")
+
 class PathsTests(unittest.TestCase):
     path = TESTFN