diff --git a/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp b/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp
index 7779de1d46..99355fe751 100644
--- a/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp
+++ b/tests/strings/stdstrings.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ void StdStringTestCase::StdAssign()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT( s5 == _T("aaa") );
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT( s6 == _T("ef") );
 
+    s1.assign(s1, 1, 1);
+    WX_ASSERT_STR_EQUAL("e", s1);
+
     const char *pc = s1.c_str();
     s7.assign(pc, pc + 2);
     WX_ASSERT_STR_EQUAL( "de", s7 );
diff --git a/tests/strings/strings.cpp b/tests/strings/strings.cpp
index 6cbeba609f..473f81714f 100644
--- a/tests/strings/strings.cpp
+++ b/tests/strings/strings.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ void StringTestCase::Extraction()
 
     #undef TEST_STARTS_WITH
 
+    rest = "Hello world";
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT( rest.StartsWith("Hello ", &rest) );
+    WX_ASSERT_STR_EQUAL("world", rest);
+
     #define TEST_ENDS_WITH(suffix, correct_rest, result)                      \
         CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(result, s.EndsWith(suffix, &rest));              \
         if ( result )                                                         \