diff --git a/tests/test_extras_dictcursor.py b/tests/test_extras_dictcursor.py
index dd746379..34e571d3 100755
--- a/tests/test_extras_dictcursor.py
+++ b/tests/test_extras_dictcursor.py
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ class ExtrasDictCursorTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.conn.close()
 
+    def testDictConnCursorArgs(self):
+        self.conn.close()
+        self.conn = psycopg2.connect(dsn, connection_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictConnection)
+        cur = self.conn.cursor()
+        self.assert_(isinstance(cur, psycopg2.extras.DictCursor))
+        self.assertEqual(cur.name, None)
+        # overridable
+        cur = self.conn.cursor('foo', cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.NamedTupleCursor)
+        self.assertEqual(cur.name, 'foo')
+        self.assert_(isinstance(cur, psycopg2.extras.NamedTupleCursor))
 
     def testDictCursorWithPlainCursorFetchOne(self):
         self._testWithPlainCursor(lambda curs: curs.fetchone())
@@ -219,6 +229,12 @@ class NamedTupleCursorTest(unittest.TestCase):
         if self.conn is not None:
             self.conn.close()
 
+    @skip_if_no_namedtuple
+    def test_cursor_args(self):
+        cur = self.conn.cursor('foo', cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor)
+        self.assertEqual(cur.name, 'foo')
+        self.assert_(isinstance(cur, psycopg2.extras.DictCursor))
+
     @skip_if_no_namedtuple
     def test_fetchone(self):
         curs = self.conn.cursor()