diff --git a/Tests/test_mode_bgra.py b/Tests/test_mode_bgra.py
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+from helper import unittest, PillowTestCase, py3
+
+from PIL import Image
+
+
+class TestBGRa(PillowTestCase):
+
+    def test_bgra(self):
+        RGBA_RED_50 = b'\xff\x00\x00\x80'  # 50% red 
+        BGRa_RED_50 = b'\x00\x00\x80\x80'  # 50% red 
+        RGBa_RED_50 = b'\x80\x00\x00\x80'  # 50% red 
+
+        im = Image.frombuffer("BGRa", (1, 1), BGRa_RED_50, 'raw', "BGRa", 0, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(im.tobytes(), BGRa_RED_50)
+        self.assertEqual(im.tobytes('raw', 'RGBa'), RGBa_RED_50)
+
+        im = Image.frombuffer("RGBA", (1, 1), BGRa_RED_50, "raw", "BGRa", 4, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(im.tobytes(), RGBA_RED_50)
+
+        im = im.convert('BGRa')
+        self.assertEqual(im.tobytes(), BGRa_RED_50)
+        self.assertEqual(im.load()[0, 0], (0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x80))
+
+        im = im.convert('RGBA')
+        self.assertEqual(im.tobytes(), RGBA_RED_50)
+        self.assertEqual(im.load()[0, 0], (0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()