diff --git a/tests/basics/memoryerror.py b/tests/basics/memoryerror.py
index ba145b7d4e..18053f097a 100644
--- a/tests/basics/memoryerror.py
+++ b/tests/basics/memoryerror.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+# test out-of-memory with malloc
 l = list(range(1000))
 try:
     1000000000 * l
 except MemoryError:
     print('MemoryError')
 print(len(l), l[0], l[-1])
+
+# test out-of-memory with realloc
+try:
+    [].extend(range(1000000000))
+except MemoryError:
+    print('MemoryError')
diff --git a/tests/basics/memoryerror.py.exp b/tests/basics/memoryerror.py.exp
index c41e8c1a6a..3d6c7f0009 100644
--- a/tests/basics/memoryerror.py.exp
+++ b/tests/basics/memoryerror.py.exp
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 MemoryError
 1000 0 999
+MemoryError