diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_compile b/Lib/test/output/test_compile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..357f96d4b88ffbc8749f3d3b718b5dfaa214c608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/output/test_compile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test_compile
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_compile.py b/Lib/test/test_compile.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/Lib/test/test_compile.py
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+from test_support import verbose, TestFailed
+
+if verbose:
+    print 'Running test on duplicate arguments'
+
+try:
+    exec('def f(a, a): pass')
+    raise TestFailed, "duplicate arguments"
+except SyntaxError:
+    pass
+
+try:
+    exec('def f(a = 0, a = 1): pass')
+    raise TestFailed, "duplicate keyword arguments"
+except SyntaxError:
+    pass