diff -r fae92299eb68 Lib/test/test_socket.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Sat Jan 25 13:27:53 2014 -0500
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Sat Jan 25 11:47:46 2014 -0800
@@ -637,20 +637,26 @@ def requireSocket(*args):
         err is not None,
         "can't create socket({0}): {1}".format(
             ", ".join(str(o) for o in args), err))
 
 
 #######################################################################
 ## Begin Tests
 
 class GeneralModuleTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
+    def test_SocketType_is_socketobject(self):
+        import _socket
+        self.assertTrue(socket.SocketType is _socket.socket)
+        s = socket.socket()
+        self.assertIsInstance(s, socket.SocketType)
+
     def test_repr(self):
         s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         with s:
             self.assertIn('fd=%i' % s.fileno(), repr(s))
             self.assertIn('family=%s' % socket.AF_INET, repr(s))
             self.assertIn('type=%s' % socket.SOCK_STREAM, repr(s))
             self.assertIn('proto=0', repr(s))
             self.assertNotIn('raddr', repr(s))
             s.bind(('127.0.0.1', 0))
             self.assertIn('laddr', repr(s))