Index: Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py
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--- Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py	(revision 61105)
+++ Lib/sqlite3/test/dbapi.py	(working copy)
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 # 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
 
 import unittest
+import os
+import os.path
+import shutil
+import tempfile
 import threading
 import sqlite3 as sqlite
 
@@ -121,6 +125,16 @@
             return
         self.fail("should have raised an OperationalError")
 
+    def CheckEncodeUnicode(self):
+        rootpath = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        try:
+            dbpath = os.path.join(rootpath, u'\xe9.db')
+            sqlite.connect(dbpath).close()
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            self.fail('connect() should encode unicode paths to utf-8')
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(rootpath)
+    
     def CheckClose(self):
         self.cx.close()