diff --git a/wxPython/misc/widgetLayoutTest.cfg b/wxPython/misc/widgetLayoutTest.cfg
index 9864923260..a0b4a1df42 100644
--- a/wxPython/misc/widgetLayoutTest.cfg
+++ b/wxPython/misc/widgetLayoutTest.cfg
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 ['wx', 'TextCtrl', '-1, "default"', ''],
 ['wx', 'TextCtrl', '-1, "larger size", size=(200, -1)', ''],
 ['wx', 'TextCtrl', '-1, "small", size=(30,-1)', ''],
+['wx', 'TextCtrl', '-1, "some\\ndefault text\\n", size=(200, -1), style=wx.TE_MULTILINE', 'w.AppendText("Here is some more text\\n")'],
 ['wx', 'TreeCtrl', '', ''],
 ['wx', 'StaticBox', '-1, "label"', ''],
 ['wx', 'StaticBox', '-1, "a longer label"', ''],