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diff --git a/tests/platform.test b/tests/platform.test
index 288cc72..19001ee 100644
--- a/tests/platform.test
+++ b/tests/platform.test
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ test platform-1.1 {TclpSetVariables: tcl_platform} {
set result
} {byteOrder machine os osVersion platform user wordSize}
+# Test assumes twos-complement arithmetic, which is true of virtually
+# everything these days. Note that this does *not* use wide(), and
+# this is intentional since that could make Tcl's numbers wider than
+# the machine-integer on some platforms...
+test platform-2.1 {tcl_platform(wordSize) indicates size of native word} {
+ set result [expr {1 << (8 * $tcl_platform(wordSize) - 1)}]
+ # Result must be the largest bit in a machine word, which this checks
+ # without assuming how wide the word really is
+ list [expr {$result < 0}] [expr {$result ^ ($result - 1)}]
+} {1 -1}
+
# cleanup
::tcltest::cleanupTests
return