diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-10-15  Eric Wasylishen  <ewasylishen@gmail.com>
+
+	* Tests/base/NSArchiver/stringEncoding.m: add test for last commit
+
 2012-10-15  Eric Wasylishen  <ewasylishen@gmail.com>
 
 	* Source/NSPropertyList.m (-[GSBinaryPLGenerator storeString:):
diff --git a/Tests/base/NSArchiver/eszett1.plist b/Tests/base/NSArchiver/eszett1.plist
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diff --git a/Tests/base/NSArchiver/eszett2.plist b/Tests/base/NSArchiver/eszett2.plist
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diff --git a/Tests/base/NSArchiver/stringEncoding.m b/Tests/base/NSArchiver/stringEncoding.m
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+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+#import "Testing.h"
+#import "ObjectTesting.h"
+
+int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+  NSAutoreleasePool* pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
+	
+  const unichar EszettChar = 0x00df;
+  NSString *EszettStr = [[[NSString alloc] initWithCharacters: &EszettChar
+       	                                               length: 1] autorelease];
+
+  {
+    NSData *data = [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject: EszettStr];
+    NSString *unarchivedString = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData: data];
+    
+    PASS([unarchivedString isEqual: EszettStr],
+	 "'eszett' character roundtrip to binary plist seems to work.");
+  }
+
+  {
+    NSString *plist1String = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithFile: @"eszett1.plist"];
+    
+    PASS([plist1String isEqual: EszettStr],
+	 "'eszett' character read from OSX binary plist");
+  }
+
+  {
+    NSString *plist2String = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithFile: @"eszett2.plist"];
+    
+    PASS([plist2String isEqual: EszettStr],
+	 "'eszett' character read from GNUstep binary plist");
+  }
+
+  [pool release];
+  return 0;
+}