diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_pointers.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_pointers.py
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_pointers.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_pointers.py
@@ -188,5 +188,9 @@ class PointersTestCase(unittest.TestCase
             mth = WINFUNCTYPE(None)(42, "name", (), None)
             self.assertEqual(bool(mth), True)
 
+    def test_huge_pointer_name(self):
+        T = type('T', (Structure,), {})
+        p = POINTER(T)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()