diff --git a/tests/basics/struct_micropython.py b/tests/basics/struct_micropython.py
index e3b0ea5086..53306dad67 100644
--- a/tests/basics/struct_micropython.py
+++ b/tests/basics/struct_micropython.py
@@ -18,3 +18,16 @@ o = A()
 s = struct.pack("<O", o)
 o2 = struct.unpack("<O", s)
 print(o is o2[0])
+
+# pack and unpack pointer to a string
+# This requires uctypes to get the address of the string and instead of
+# putting this in a dedicated test that can be skipped we simply pass
+# if the import fails.
+try:
+    import uctypes
+    o = uctypes.addressof('abc')
+    s = struct.pack("<S", o)
+    o2 = struct.unpack("<S", s)
+    assert o2[0] == 'abc'
+except ImportError:
+    pass