diff --git a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
index 09b0226105..5f0a7ee288 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/testcases/org/apache/poi/hwpf/usermodel/TestBugs.java
@@ -26,13 +26,12 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
-import org.apache.poi.hwpf.converter.WordToTextConverter;
-
 import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
 import org.apache.poi.POIDataSamples;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFDocument;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFOldDocument;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.HWPFTestDataSamples;
+import org.apache.poi.hwpf.converter.WordToTextConverter;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.Word6Extractor;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor;
 import org.apache.poi.hwpf.model.FieldsDocumentPart;
@@ -743,4 +742,16 @@ public class TestBugs extends TestCase
     {
         HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFile( "Bug53380_4.doc" );
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Non-extended character 
+     *  Pascal strings are not supported right now
+     * 
+     * Disabled pending a fix for the bug
+     */
+    public void DISABLEDtest56880() throws Exception {
+        HWPFDocument doc =
+                HWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleFile("56880.doc");
+        assertEquals("Check Request", doc.getRange().text());
+    }
 }