diff --git a/tests/events/keyboard.cpp b/tests/events/keyboard.cpp
index 044045a2c1b9..5551175a837d 100644
--- a/tests/events/keyboard.cpp
+++ b/tests/events/keyboard.cpp
@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ void TestEvent(int line, const wxKeyEvent& ev, const KeyDesc& desc)
 
     if ( desc.m_keycode < WXK_START )
     {
-        // For Latin-1 our key code is the same as uppercase version of Unicode character value.
+        // For Latin-1 uppercase version of our key code
+        // is the same as uppercase version of Unicode character value.
         CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE( "wrong Unicode key in " + msg,
-                                      (char)desc.m_keycode,
+                                      (char)wxToupper(desc.m_keycode),
                                       (char)wxToupper(ev.GetUnicodeKey()) );
     }
     else // Special key