diff --git a/test/Jamfile.v2 b/test/Jamfile.v2
index 066e724..0170da7 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/test/Jamfile.v2
@@ -45,5 +45,7 @@ test-suite multi_array
       [ run stl_interaction.cpp ../../test/build//boost_test_exec_monitor ]
       [ run resize.cpp ../../test/build//boost_test_exec_monitor ]
       [ run assert.cpp ../../test/build//boost_test_exec_monitor ]
+      [ run reverse_view.cpp ../../test/build//boost_test_exec_monitor ]
+
       [ compile concept_checks.cpp ]
     ;
diff --git a/test/reverse_view.cpp b/test/reverse_view.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee2c733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/reverse_view.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright 2002 The Trustees of Indiana University.
+
+// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software 
+// License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  Boost.MultiArray Library
+//  Authors: Ronald Garcia
+//           Jeremy Siek
+//           Andrew Lumsdaine
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/multi_array for documentation.
+
+//
+// reverse_view.cpp - a small test of creating a view with negative strides
+//
+
+#include "boost/multi_array.hpp"
+#include "boost/test/minimal.hpp"
+#include "boost/array.hpp"
+
+int
+test_main(int,char*[])
+{
+  using namespace boost;
+  
+
+  // One-dimensional array with views
+  double data[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4 };
+  double rdata[] = { 4, 3, 2, 1 };
+
+  typedef multi_array< double, 1 > array;
+  array A(extents[4]);
+  A.assign(data,data+4);
+  
+  typedef array::index_range range;
+  array::array_view<1>::type B = A[indices[range(3, -1, -1)]];
+  
+  for(multi_array_types::size_type i = 0; i != B.size(); ++i) {
+    BOOST_CHECK(B[i] == rdata[i]);
+  }
+  
+  return boost::exit_success;
+}