diff --git a/pandas/tests/test_categorical.py b/pandas/tests/test_categorical.py
index f01fff035a3c59..0dff8e8f452bae 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/test_categorical.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/test_categorical.py
@@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ def test_getitem_listlike(self):
         expected = c[np.array([100000]).astype(np.int64)].codes
         self.assert_numpy_array_equal(result, expected)
 
+    def test_getitem_category_type(self):
+        # GH 14580
+        # test iloc() on Series with Categorical data
+
+        s = pd.Series([1, 2, 3]).astype('category')
+
+        # get slice
+        result = s.iloc[0:1]
+        self.assertEqual(type(result), type(s))
+
+        # get list of indexes
+        result = s.iloc[[0, 1]]
+        self.assertEqual(type(result), type(s))
+
+        # get boolean array
+        result = s.iloc[[True, False, False]]
+        self.assertEqual(type(result), type(s))
+
     def test_setitem(self):
 
         # int/positional