diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParserTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParserTest.java
index 5077ff2d9..7a5895286 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FastDateParserTest.java
@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ public void testSpecialCharacters() throws Exception {
         testSdfAndFdp("Q" ,"", true); // bad pattern character
         testSdfAndFdp("$" ,"$", false); // OK
         testSdfAndFdp("?.d" ,"?.12", false); // OK
+        testSdfAndFdp("''yyyyMMdd'A''B'HHmmssSSS''", "'20030210A'B153320989'", false); // OK
+        testSdfAndFdp("''''yyyyMMdd'A''B'HHmmssSSS''", "''20030210A'B153320989'", false); // OK
+        testSdfAndFdp("'$\\Ed'" ,"$\\Ed", false); // OK
     }
 
     @Test