diff --git a/testing/test_doctest.py b/testing/test_doctest.py
index 8ef7cfd65..7f3aff3b0 100644
--- a/testing/test_doctest.py
+++ b/testing/test_doctest.py
@@ -655,6 +655,22 @@ class TestDoctests(object):
         result = testdir.runpytest(p, "--doctest-modules")
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["* 1 passed *"])
 
+    def test_print_unicode_value(self, testdir):
+        """
+        Test case for issue 3583: Printing Unicode in doctest under Python 2.7
+        doesn't work
+        """
+        p = testdir.maketxtfile(
+            test_print_unicode_value=r"""
+            Here is a doctest::
+
+                >>> print(u'\xE5\xE9\xEE\xF8\xFC')
+                åéîøü
+        """
+        )
+        result = testdir.runpytest(p)
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["* 1 passed *"])
+
     def test_reportinfo(self, testdir):
         """
         Test case to make sure that DoctestItem.reportinfo() returns lineno.