diff --git a/spacy/tests/integration/test_load_languages.py b/spacy/tests/integration/test_load_languages.py
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+# encoding: utf8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from ...fr import French
+
+def test_load_french():
+    nlp = French()
+    doc = nlp(u'Parlez-vous français?')