diff --git a/test-suite/tests/srfi-13.test b/test-suite/tests/srfi-13.test
index ce0240e92..89759d0d3 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/srfi-13.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/srfi-13.test
@@ -18,11 +18,20 @@
 ;;;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 ;;;; Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 
-(use-modules (srfi srfi-13) (srfi srfi-14) (test-suite lib))
+(define-module (test-strings)
+  #:use-module (test-suite lib)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-13)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-14))
+
 
 (define exception:strict-infix-grammar
   (cons 'misc-error "^strict-infix"))
 
+;; Create a string from integer char values, eg. (string-ints 65) => "A"
+(define (string-ints . args)
+  (apply string (map integer->char args)))
+
+
 ;;;
 ;;; string-any
 ;;;
@@ -185,6 +194,32 @@
 
   (pass-if (equal? "abc" (string-concatenate '("a" "b" "c")))))
 
+;;
+;; string-compare
+;;
+
+(with-test-prefix "string-compare"
+
+  (pass-if "same as char<?"
+    (eq? (char<? (integer->char 0) (integer->char 255))
+	 (string-compare (string-ints 0) (string-ints 255)
+			 (lambda (pos) #t)     ;; lt
+			 (lambda (pos) #f)     ;; eq
+			 (lambda (pos) #f))))) ;; gt
+
+;;
+;; string-compare-ci
+;;
+
+(with-test-prefix "string-compare-ci"
+
+  (pass-if "same as char-ci<?"
+    (eq? (char-ci<? (integer->char 0) (integer->char 255))
+	 (string-compare-ci (string-ints 0) (string-ints 255)
+			 (lambda (pos) #t)     ;; lt
+			 (lambda (pos) #f)     ;; eq
+			 (lambda (pos) #f))))) ;; gt
+
 ;;;
 ;;; string-concatenate/shared
 ;;;