diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6fd8185b41..99ea4a96ed 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Jul 17 15:36:52 2015  yui-knk  <spiketeika@gmail.com>
+
+	* test/ruby/test_range.rb (test_first_last): Add test for
+	  `Range.new`.  [Fix GH-971]
+
 Fri Jul 17 15:36:40 2015  yui-knk  <spiketeika@gmail.com>
 
 	* test/ruby/test_range.rb (test_first_last): Add assertions to
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_range.rb b/test/ruby/test_range.rb
index 9b8bdca6e3..e544caf984 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_range.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_range.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ require 'timeout'
 require 'bigdecimal'
 
 class TestRange < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_new
+    assert_equal((0..2), Range.new(0, 2))
+    assert_equal((0..2), Range.new(0, 2, false))
+    assert_equal((0...2), Range.new(0, 2, true))
+  end
+
   def test_range_string
     # XXX: Is this really the test of Range?
     assert_equal([], ("a" ... "a").to_a)