diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py
index 0049ce8c79b6d..8fb1a7cd88298 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/forms.py
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils import six
 
+from .non_unicode_forms import TestForm
+
+class TestNonUnicodeLabel(TestCase):
+    def test_non_unicode_label(self):
+        tf = TestForm()
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(tf.fields['a_field'].label, six.text_type))
+
 
 class Person(Form):
     first_name = CharField()
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/non_unicode_forms.py b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/non_unicode_forms.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e4dd49cb0b846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/forms/tests/non_unicode_forms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Note: Intentionally no from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from django import forms
+
+class TestForm(forms.Form):
+    a_field = forms.IntegerField(label='fää')