diff --git a/tests/test_generics.py b/tests/test_generics.py
index 0f46abd4a6..d1e42d8666 100644
--- a/tests/test_generics.py
+++ b/tests/test_generics.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable, ClassVar, Dict, Generic, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Type, TypeVar, Union
 
 import pytest
+from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ValidationError, root_validator, validator
 from pydantic.generics import GenericModel, _generic_types_cache, iter_contained_typevars, replace_types
@@ -1057,3 +1058,16 @@ class MyModel(BaseModel):
 
     m = MyModel.parse_obj({'my_gen': {'some_field': 'A'}})
     assert m.my_gen.some_field is SomeStringEnum.A
+
+
+@skip_36
+def test_generic_literal():
+    FieldType = TypeVar('FieldType')
+    ValueType = TypeVar('ValueType')
+
+    class GModel(GenericModel, Generic[FieldType, ValueType]):
+        field: Dict[FieldType, ValueType]
+
+    Fields = Literal['foo', 'bar']
+    m = GModel[Fields, str](field={'foo': 'x'})
+    assert m.dict() == {'field': {'foo': 'x'}}