diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/cpp17_u8_char_literals.i b/Examples/test-suite/cpp17_u8_char_literals.i
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+%module cpp17_u8_char_literals
+
+%inline %{
+// UTF-8 character literals will (apparently) have type char8_t in C++20.
+char a = u8'a';
+char u = u8'u';
+char u8 = u8'8';
+%}
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/python/cpp17_u8_char_literals_runme.py b/Examples/test-suite/python/cpp17_u8_char_literals_runme.py
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+from cpp17_u8_char_literals import *
+
+if cvar.a != 'a':
+    raise RuntimeError
+
+if cvar.u != 'u':
+    raise RuntimeError
+
+if cvar.u8 != '8':
+    raise RuntimeError