Index: Lib/distutils/tests/test_filelist.py
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--- Lib/distutils/tests/test_filelist.py	(revision 86537)
+++ Lib/distutils/tests/test_filelist.py	(working copy)
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """Tests for distutils.filelist."""
 import unittest
+import os
+import tempfile
 
 from distutils.filelist import glob_to_re, FileList
 from test.support import captured_stdout, run_unittest
@@ -7,6 +9,17 @@
 
 class FileListTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def test_whitespace(self):
+        tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        tmpdir_name = os.path.basename(tmpdir)
+        _, tmpfile = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix="with space", dir=tmpdir)
+        tmpfile_name = os.path.join(tmpdir_name, os.path.basename(tmpfile))
+        file_list = FileList()
+        os.chdir(os.path.dirname(tmpdir))
+        self.assertTrue(file_list.include_pattern("%s/*" % (tmpdir_name)))
+        self.assertTrue(1, len(file_list.files))
+        self.assertEquals(tmpfile_name, file_list.files[0])
+
     def test_glob_to_re(self):
         # simple cases
         self.assertEquals(glob_to_re('foo*'), 'foo[^/]*\\Z(?ms)')