1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go b/src/pkg/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go
index 83644c033..45240d764 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go
@@ -573,3 +573,22 @@ func TestGobEncodeIsZero(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("%v != %v", x, y)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGobEncodePtrError(t *testing.T) {
+	var err error
+	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	enc := NewEncoder(b)
+	err = enc.Encode(&err)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("encode:", err)
+	}
+	dec := NewDecoder(b)
+	err2 := fmt.Errorf("foo")
+	err = dec.Decode(&err2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("decode:", err)
+	}
+	if err2 != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected nil, got %v", err2)
+	}
+}