diff --git a/test/test_pymbolic.py b/test/test_pymbolic.py
index 3866008c19059f374c5c182f29b5ac0e38fc9b87..90f6862287f02b683b4d960d6c149f9217d62af4 100644
--- a/test/test_pymbolic.py
+++ b/test/test_pymbolic.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import division
+import pymbolic.primitives as prim
 
 
 
@@ -156,6 +157,9 @@ def test_parser():
 
     print parse("3::1")
 
+    assert parse("e1") == prim.Variable("e1")
+    assert parse("d1") == prim.Variable("d1")
+