diff --git a/tests/basics/builtin_enumerate.py b/tests/basics/builtin_enumerate.py
index 4f8239bf72..fcbf869767 100644
--- a/tests/basics/builtin_enumerate.py
+++ b/tests/basics/builtin_enumerate.py
@@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ print(list(enumerate(range(100))))
 print(list(enumerate([1, 2, 3], start=1)))
 print(list(enumerate(iterable=[1, 2, 3])))
 print(list(enumerate(iterable=[1, 2, 3], start=1)))
+
+# check handling of extra positional args (exercises some logic in mp_arg_parse_all)
+# don't print anything because it doesn't error with MICROPY_CPYTHON_COMPAT disabled
+try:
+    enumerate([], 1, 2)
+except TypeError:
+    pass