diff -r 3b36733009a1 Lib/test/test_tools.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_tools.py	Tue Apr 03 12:07:39 2012 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tools.py	Wed Apr 04 18:14:34 2012 +0300
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 import os
 import unittest
 import sysconfig
+import imp
+import sys
 from test import support
 from test.script_helper import assert_python_ok
 
@@ -31,6 +33,23 @@
         self.assertGreater(err, b'')
 
 
+class FixCidTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    script = os.path.join(basepath, 'scripts', 'fixcid.py')
+
+    def test_syntax_error(self):
+        """
+        tests the patch from issue14491.
+        """
+        try:
+            imp.load_source("fixcid", self.script)
+        except SyntaxError:
+            self.fail("SyntaxError in fixcid.py")
+        finally:
+            if 'fixcid' in sys.modules:
+                del sys.modules['fixcid']
+        
+
+
 def test_main():
     support.run_unittest(ReindentTests)