diff --git a/tests/python_tests/map_deepcopy_test.py b/tests/python_tests/map_deepcopy_test.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from nose.tools import *
+from utilities import execution_path
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+import os, mapnik
+
+def setup():
+    # All of the paths used are relative, if we run the tests
+    # from another directory we need to chdir()
+    os.chdir(execution_path('.'))
+
+def test_map_deepcopy1():
+    m1 = mapnik.Map(256,256)
+    m1.append_style('style',mapnik.Style())
+    m1.append_fontset('fontset',mapnik.FontSet())
+    m2 = deepcopy(m1)
+    eq_(m2.width, m1.width)
+    eq_(m2.height, m2.height)
+    eq_(m2.srs, m1.srs)
+    eq_(m2.base, m1.base)
+    eq_(m2.background, m1.background)
+    eq_(m2.buffer_size, m1.buffer_size)
+    eq_(m2.aspect_fix_mode, m1.aspect_fix_mode)
+    eq_(m2.envelope(),m1.envelope())
+    eq_(m2.buffered_envelope(),m1.buffered_envelope())
+    eq_(m2.scale(),m1.scale())
+    eq_(m2.scale_denominator(),m1.scale_denominator())
+    eq_(m2.maximum_extent,m1.maximum_extent)
+    eq_(id(m2.has_metawriter()),id(m1.has_metawriter()))
+    eq_(id(m2.view_transform()),id(m1.view_transform()))
+    eq_(id(m2.extra_attributes),id(m1.extra_attributes))
+    eq_(id(m2.parameters),id(m1.parameters))
+    eq_(id(m2.layers),id(m1.layers))
+    eq_(id(m2.layers),id(m1.layers))
+    eq_(id(m2.find_style('style')),id(m2.find_style('style')))
+    eq_(id(m2.find_fontset('fontset')),id(m2.find_fontset('fontset')))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setup()
+    [eval(run)() for run in dir() if 'test_' in run]
+