2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Tie/Handle/stdhandle.t b/lib/Tie/Handle/stdhandle.t
index 13a8255155..b1ae7c455b 100644
--- a/lib/Tie/Handle/stdhandle.t
+++ b/lib/Tie/Handle/stdhandle.t
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ tie *tst,Tie::StdHandle;
 
 $f = 'tst';
 
-print "1..13\n";
+print "1..14\n";
 
 # my $file tests
 
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ print "ok 11\n";
 $b = <$f>;
 print "not " unless eof($f);
 print "ok 12\n";
-print "not " unless close($f);
+seek($f,0,0);
+read($f,($b='scrinches'),4,4); # with offset
+print "'$b' not " unless $b eq 'scriSome';
 print "ok 13\n";
+print "not " unless close($f);
+print "ok 14\n";
 unlink("afile");
diff --git a/lib/Tie/StdHandle.pm b/lib/Tie/StdHandle.pm
index 42c46b6197..9192b2e5ee 100644
--- a/lib/Tie/StdHandle.pm
+++ b/lib/Tie/StdHandle.pm
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sub OPEN
  @_ == 2 ? open($_[0], $_[1]) : open($_[0], $_[1], $_[2]);
 }
 
-sub READ     { read($_[0],$_[1],$_[2]) }
+sub READ     { &CORE::read(shift, \shift, @_) }
 sub READLINE { my $fh = $_[0]; <$fh> }
 sub GETC     { getc($_[0]) }