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diff --git a/spec/ruby/command_line/dash_upper_e_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/command_line/dash_upper_e_spec.rb
index 716f1304b7..e39491ca8b 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/command_line/dash_upper_e_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/command_line/dash_upper_e_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
 describe "ruby -E" do
+  it "sets the external encoding with '-E external'" do
+    result = ruby_exe("print Encoding.default_external", options: '-E euc-jp')
+    result.should == "EUC-JP"
+  end
+
+  it "also sets the filesystem encoding with '-E external'" do
+    result = ruby_exe("print Encoding.find('filesystem')", options: '-E euc-jp')
+    result.should == "EUC-JP"
+  end
+
+  it "sets the external encoding with '-E external:'" do
+    result = ruby_exe("print Encoding.default_external", options: '-E Shift_JIS:')
+    result.should == "Shift_JIS"
+  end
+
+  it "sets the internal encoding with '-E :internal'" do
+    ruby_exe("print Encoding.default_internal", options: '-E :SHIFT_JIS').
+      should == 'Shift_JIS'
+  end
+
+  it "sets the external and internal encodings with '-E external:internal'" do
+    ruby_exe("puts Encoding.default_external, Encoding.default_internal", options: '-E euc-jp:SHIFT_JIS').
+      should == "EUC-JP\nShift_JIS\n"
+  end
+
   it "raises a RuntimeError if used with -U" do
     ruby_exe("p 1",
              options: '-Eascii:ascii -U',