diff --git a/tests/extmod/json_loads_int_64.py b/tests/extmod/json_loads_int_64.py
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+++ b/tests/extmod/json_loads_int_64.py
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+# Parse 64-bit integers from JSON payloads.
+#
+# This also exercises parsing integers from strings
+# where the value may not be null terminated (last line)
+try:
+    import json
+except ImportError:
+    print("SKIP")
+    raise SystemExit
+
+
+print(json.loads("9111222333444555666"))
+print(json.loads("-9111222333444555666"))
+print(json.loads("9111222333444555666"))
+print(json.loads("-9111222333444555666"))
+print(json.loads("[\"9111222333444555666777\",9111222333444555666]"))