--- C:\Python32\Lib\test\test_zipfile-old.py	2011-05-06 10:38:01.000000000 +1000
+++ C:\Python32\Lib\test\test_zipfile.py	2011-05-06 10:55:56.000000000 +1000
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
 
 
 from tempfile import TemporaryFile
 from random import randint, random
 from unittest import skipUnless
 
-from test.support import TESTFN, run_unittest, findfile, unlink
+from test.support import (TESTFN, run_unittest, findfile, unlink,
+                            captured_stdout)
 
 TESTFN2 = TESTFN + "2"
 TESTFNDIR = TESTFN + "d"
 FIXEDTEST_SIZE = 1000
 DATAFILES_DIR = 'zipfile_datafiles'
 
@@ -706,12 +707,34 @@
         with TemporaryFile() as t, zipfile.PyZipFile(t, "w") as zipfp:
             with open(TESTFN, 'w') as f:
                 f.write('most definitely not a python file')
             self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, zipfp.writepy, TESTFN)
             os.remove(TESTFN)
 
+    def test_write_pyfile_bad_syntax(self):
+        os.mkdir(TESTFN2)
+        try:
+            with open(os.path.join(TESTFN2, "mod1.py"), "w") as fp:
+                fp.write("Bad syntax in python file\n")
+
+            with TemporaryFile() as t, zipfile.PyZipFile(t, "w") as zipfp:
+                # syntax errors are printed to stdout
+                with captured_stdout() as s:
+                    zipfp.writepy(os.path.join(TESTFN2, "mod1.py"))
+
+                self.assertIn("SyntaxError", s.getvalue())
+
+                # as it will not have compiled the python file, it will 
+                # include the .py file not .pyc or .pyo
+                names = zipfp.namelist()
+                self.assertTrue('mod1.py' in names)
+                self.assertNotIn('mod1.pyc', names)
+                self.assertNotIn('mod1.pyo', names)
+
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(TESTFN2)
 
 class OtherTests(unittest.TestCase):
     zips_with_bad_crc = {
         zipfile.ZIP_STORED: (
             b'PK\003\004\024\0\0\0\0\0 \213\212;:r'
             b'\253\377\f\0\0\0\f\0\0\0\005\0\0\000af'