diff --git a/python/testData/joinLines/ListOfStrings-after.py b/python/testData/joinLines/ListOfStrings-after.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd2a813be104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/joinLines/ListOfStrings-after.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a = [ "AAAAAAA", "BBBBB"  "AAAAAAA", "BBBBB" "AAAAAAA", "BBBBB" "AAAAAAA", "BBBBB" "AAAAAAA", "BBBBB" "AAAAAAA", "BBBBB"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testData/joinLines/ListOfStrings.py b/python/testData/joinLines/ListOfStrings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c37d5166f331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/joinLines/ListOfStrings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+a = [ "AAAAAAA", "BBBBB"  "AAAAAAA", "BBBBB" "AAAAAAA",<caret> "BBBBB" "AAAAAAA",
+      "BBBBB" "AAAAAAA", "BBBBB" "AAAAAAA", "BBBBB"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyJoinLinesTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyJoinLinesTest.java
index be1a7eef85f6..eea44eba889e 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyJoinLinesTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyJoinLinesTest.java
@@ -63,4 +63,5 @@ public class PyJoinLinesTest extends PyTestCase {
   public void testTwoComments() { doTest(); }
   public void testTwoStatements() { doTest(); }
   public void testStringWithSlash() { doTest(); }
+  public void testListOfStrings() { doTest(); }
 }