diff --git a/tests/basics/int_bytes.py b/tests/basics/int_bytes.py
index 45965ed464..93c00bba10 100644
--- a/tests/basics/int_bytes.py
+++ b/tests/basics/int_bytes.py
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ print((100).to_bytes(10, "little"))
 print(int.from_bytes(b"\x00\x01\0\0\0\0\0\0", "little"))
 print(int.from_bytes(b"\x01\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", "little"))
 print(int.from_bytes(b"\x00\x01\0\0\0\0\0\0", "little"))
+
+# check that extra zero bytes don't change the internal int value
+print(int.from_bytes(bytes(20), "little") == 0)
+print(int.from_bytes(b"\x01" + bytes(20), "little") == 1)
diff --git a/tests/basics/int_bytes_intbig.py b/tests/basics/int_bytes_intbig.py
index 39cd67d26f..0e0ad1cbb7 100644
--- a/tests/basics/int_bytes_intbig.py
+++ b/tests/basics/int_bytes_intbig.py
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ ib = int.from_bytes(b, "big")
 print(il)
 print(ib)
 print(il.to_bytes(20, "little"))
+
+# check that extra zero bytes don't change the internal int value
+print(int.from_bytes(b + bytes(10), "little") == int.from_bytes(b, "little"))