diff --git a/tests/basics/iter1.py b/tests/basics/iter1.py
index 9117dfd2b7..26e9a2ef25 100644
--- a/tests/basics/iter1.py
+++ b/tests/basics/iter1.py
@@ -68,3 +68,12 @@ except StopIteration:
 
 for i in myiter(32):
     print(i)
+
+# repeat some of the above tests but use tuple() to walk the iterator (tests mp_iternext)
+print(tuple(myiter(5)))
+print(tuple(myiter(12)))
+print(tuple(myiter(32)))
+try:
+    tuple(myiter(22))
+except TypeError:
+    print('raised TypeError')