diff --git a/test/test_rangeify.py b/test/test_rangeify.py
index 8558c333ea..221a87369a 100644
--- a/test/test_rangeify.py
+++ b/test/test_rangeify.py
@@ -192,5 +192,26 @@ class TestOuterworld(unittest.TestCase):
 
     self.assertTrue((manual==out).all().item())
 
+  def test_setitem_pyrange(self):
+    with Context(DEBUG=0):
+      t = Tensor.rand(10).realize()
+      o = Tensor.empty(10)
+    GlobalCounters.reset()
+    for i in range(10):
+      o[i] = t[i]
+    o.realize()
+    self.assertTrue((t==o).all().item())
+
+  @unittest.skip("TODO: fix this")
+  def test_setitem(self):
+    with Context(DEBUG=0):
+      t = Tensor.rand(10).realize()
+      o = Tensor.empty(10)
+    GlobalCounters.reset()
+    i = UOp.range(10, -1)
+    o[i] = t[i]
+    o.contiguous(i).realize()
+    self.assertTrue((t==o).all().item())
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main()