diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ClassUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ClassUtilsTest.java
index dca646e99..f258e414b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ClassUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ClassUtilsTest.java
@@ -1263,6 +1263,11 @@ public class ClassUtilsTest {
         assertEquals(Inner.DeeplyNested.class, ClassUtils.getClass("org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtilsTest.Inner$DeeplyNested"));
         assertEquals(Inner.DeeplyNested.class, ClassUtils.getClass("org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtilsTest$Inner$DeeplyNested"));
         assertEquals(Inner.DeeplyNested.class, ClassUtils.getClass("org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtilsTest$Inner.DeeplyNested"));
+        ClassLoader classLoader = Inner.DeeplyNested.class.getClassLoader();
+        assertEquals(Inner.DeeplyNested.class, ClassUtils.getClass(classLoader, "org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtilsTest.Inner.DeeplyNested"));
+        assertEquals(Inner.DeeplyNested.class, ClassUtils.getClass(classLoader, "org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtilsTest.Inner$DeeplyNested"));
+        assertEquals(Inner.DeeplyNested.class, ClassUtils.getClass(classLoader, "org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtilsTest$Inner$DeeplyNested"));
+        assertEquals(Inner.DeeplyNested.class, ClassUtils.getClass(classLoader, "org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtilsTest$Inner.DeeplyNested"));
     }
 
     @Test