diff --git a/tests/test_bytes.rs b/tests/test_bytes.rs
index 5d01b5b82..c6d255472 100644
--- a/tests/test_bytes.rs
+++ b/tests/test_bytes.rs
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ fn slice() {
     assert_eq!(b, b"lo world"[..]);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn slice_with_excluded_start() {
+    use core::ops::Bound::Excluded;
+
+    let bytes = Bytes::from_static(b"hello");
+    assert_eq!(&bytes.slice((Excluded(1), Excluded(4)))[..], b"ll");
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[should_panic]
 fn slice_oob_1() {