1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/encoding/json/decode_test.go b/src/encoding/json/decode_test.go
index 7ecc8f4402..f208ee8a7c 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/decode_test.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/decode_test.go
@@ -1207,7 +1207,28 @@ func TestStringKind(t *testing.T) {
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(m1, m2) {
 		t.Error("Items should be equal after encoding and then decoding")
 	}
+}
+
+// Custom types with []byte as underlying type could not be marshalled
+// and then unmarshalled.
+// Issue 8962.
+func TestByteKind(t *testing.T) {
+	type byteKind []byte
+
+	a := byteKind("hello")
 
+	data, err := Marshal(a)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	var b byteKind
+	err = Unmarshal(data, &b)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(a, b) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %v == %v", a, b)
+	}
 }
 
 var decodeTypeErrorTests = []struct {