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diff --git a/dist/IO/t/io_utf8.t b/dist/IO/t/io_utf8.t
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+++ b/dist/IO/t/io_utf8.t
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+#!./perl
+
+BEGIN {
+    unless ($] >= 5.008 and find PerlIO::Layer 'perlio') {
+	print "1..0 # Skip: not perlio\n";
+	exit 0;
+    }
+}
+
+require($ENV{PERL_CORE} ? "../../t/test.pl" : "./t/test.pl");
+
+plan(tests => 5);
+
+my $io;
+
+use_ok('IO::File');
+
+$io = IO::File->new;
+
+ok($io->open("io_utf8", ">:utf8"), "open >:utf8");
+ok((print $io chr(256)), "print chr(256)");
+undef $io;
+
+$io = IO::File->new;
+ok($io->open("io_utf8", "<:utf8"), "open <:utf8");
+is(ord(<$io>), 256, "readline chr(256)");
+undef $io;
+
+END {
+  1 while unlink "io_utf8";
+}