diff --git a/test/Jamfile b/test/Jamfile
index 55632135..cf118923 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile
+++ b/test/Jamfile
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ bpl-test crossmod_exception
 [ bpl-test exception_translator ]
 [ bpl-test pearu1 : test_cltree.py cltree.cpp ]
 [ bpl-test try : newtest.py m1.cpp m2.cpp ]
+[ bpl-test const_argument ]
 
 [ bpl-test keywords : keywords.cpp keywords_test.py ]
 
diff --git a/test/const_argument.cpp b/test/const_argument.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e40e0ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/const_argument.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* Copyright 2004 Jonathan Brandmeyer 
+ * Use, modification and distribution are 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)
+ *
+ * The purpose of this test is to determine if a function can be called from
+ * Python with a const value type as an argument, and whether or not the 
+ * presence of a prototype without the cv-qualifier will work around the
+ * compiler's bug.
+ */
+#include <boost/python.hpp>
+using namespace boost::python;
+
+bool accept_const_arg_noproto( const object) 
+{
+    return true; 
+}
+
+bool accept_const_arg_with_proto( object);
+bool accept_const_arg_with_proto( const object) 
+{
+    return true; 
+}
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE( const_argument_ext)
+{
+    def( "accept_const_arg_noproto", accept_const_arg_noproto);
+    def( "accept_const_arg_with_proto", accept_const_arg_with_proto);
+}
+
diff --git a/test/const_argument.py b/test/const_argument.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f1f4a06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/const_argument.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright Jonathan Brandmeyer,  2004. Distributed under 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)
+"""
+>>> from const_argument_ext import *
+>>> accept_const_arg_noproto(1)
+1
+>>> accept_const_arg_with_proto(1)
+1
+"""
+
+def run(args = None):
+    import sys
+    import doctest
+
+    if args is not None:
+        sys.argv = args
+    return doctest.testmod(sys.modules.get(__name__))
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print "running..."
+    import sys
+    status = run()[0]
+    if (status == 0): print "Done."
+    sys.exit(status)