diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -1395,6 +1395,13 @@
         self.assertTrue(p.exists())
         self.assertRaises(OSError, p.touch, exist_ok=False)
 
+    def test_touch_nochange(self):
+        P = self.cls(BASE)
+        p = P / 'fileA'
+        p.touch()
+        with (P / 'fileA').open('rb') as f:
+            self.assertEqual(f.read().strip(), b"this is file A")
+
     def test_mkdir(self):
         P = self.cls(BASE)
         p = P / 'newdirA'