diff --git a/Tests/misc/textTools_test.py b/Tests/misc/textTools_test.py
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+from __future__ import print_function, division, absolute_import
+from fontTools.misc.py23 import *
+from fontTools.misc.textTools import pad
+
+
+def test_pad():
+    assert len(pad(b'abcd', 4)) == 4
+    assert len(pad(b'abcde', 2)) == 6
+    assert len(pad(b'abcde', 4)) == 8
+    assert pad(b'abcdef', 4) == b'abcdef\x00\x00'
+    assert pad(b'abcdef', 1) == b'abcdef'