diff --git a/Lib/test/test_telnetlib.py b/Lib/test/test_telnetlib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_telnetlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_telnetlib.py
@@ -70,16 +70,24 @@ class GeneralTests(TestCase):
         telnet.sock.close()
 
     def testTimeoutOpen(self):
         telnet = telnetlib.Telnet()
         telnet.open(HOST, self.port, timeout=30)
         self.assertEqual(telnet.sock.gettimeout(), 30)
         telnet.sock.close()
 
+    def testGetters(self):
+        # Test telnet getter methods
+        telnet = telnetlib.Telnet(HOST, self.port, timeout=30)
+        t_sock = telnet.sock
+        self.assertEqual(telnet.get_socket(), t_sock)
+        self.assertEqual(telnet.fileno(), t_sock.fileno())
+        telnet.sock.close()
+
 class SocketStub(object):
     ''' a socket proxy that re-defines sendall() '''
     def __init__(self, reads=()):
         self.reads = list(reads)  # Intentionally make a copy.
         self.writes = []
         self.block = False
     def sendall(self, data):
         self.writes.append(data)