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diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/to_a_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/to_a_spec.rb
index 6231d096fb..4fa11ff604 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/to_a_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/matchdata/to_a_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
+require_relative 'fixtures/classes'
 
 describe "MatchData#to_a" do
   it "returns an array of matches" do
     /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match("THX1138.").to_a.should == ["HX1138", "H", "X", "113", "8"]
   end
+
+  it "returns instances of String when given a String subclass" do
+    str = MatchDataSpecs::MyString.new("THX1138.")
+    /(.)(.)(\d+)(\d)/.match(str)[0..-1].to_a.each { |m| m.should be_an_instance_of(String) }
+  end
 end