diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-01-31  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
+
+	PR fortran/27588
+	* gfortran.dg/char_bounds_check_fail_1.f90: Add test.
+
 2007-01-31  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
 
 	PR fortran/30520
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/char_bounds_check_fail_1.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/char_bounds_check_fail_1.f90
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+! { dg-do run }
+! { dg-options "-fbounds-check" }
+! { dg-shouldfail "Substring out of bounds check" }
+! PR fortran/27588
+program bound_check
+      character*10 zz
+      i = 2
+      j = i+9
+      zz(i:j) = 'abcdef'
+      print * , zz
+      end
+! { dg-output "Substring out of bounds: upper bound exceeds string length.*at line 9)}