1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/lisp/thingatpt-tests.el b/test/lisp/thingatpt-tests.el
index 347cc7f12cb..c851a7ccafd 100644
--- a/test/lisp/thingatpt-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/thingatpt-tests.el
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (require 'ert)
+(require 'thingatpt)
 
 (defvar thing-at-point-test-data
   '(("https://1.gnu.org" 1  url "https://1.gnu.org")
@@ -134,4 +135,15 @@ position to retrieve THING.")
     (goto-char 23)
     (should (equal (thing-at-point 'url) "http://foo/bar(baz)"))))
 
+(ert-deftest thing-at-point-looking-at ()
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (insert "1abcd 2abcd 3abcd")
+    (goto-char (point-min))
+    (let ((m2 (progn (search-forward "2abcd")
+                     (match-data))))
+      (goto-char (point-min))
+      (search-forward "2ab")
+      (should (thing-at-point-looking-at "2abcd"))
+      (should (equal (match-data) m2)))))
+
 ;;; thingatpt.el ends here