diff -r 96ab78ef82a7 Lib/test/test_plistlib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_plistlib.py	Sun May 27 18:17:07 2012 +1000
+++ b/Lib/test/test_plistlib.py	Sun May 27 13:36:28 2012 -0400
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
         </array>
         <key>aString</key>
         <string>Doodah</string>
+        <key>anEmptyDict</key>
+        <dict/>
+        <key>anEmptyList</key>
+        <array/>
         <key>anInt</key>
         <integer>728</integer>
         <key>nestedData</key>
@@ -112,6 +116,8 @@
             someMoreData = plistlib.Data(b"<lots of binary gunk>\0\1\2\3" * 10),
             nestedData = [plistlib.Data(b"<lots of binary gunk>\0\1\2\3" * 10)],
             aDate = datetime.datetime(2004, 10, 26, 10, 33, 33),
+            anEmptyDict = dict(),
+            anEmptyList = list()
         )
         pl['\xc5benraa'] = "That was a unicode key."
         return pl