diff -r 804f6f982f4e -r 6193e735f4d1 rt/emul/compact/src/test/java/org/apidesign/bck2brwsr/tck/CompareStringsTest.java
--- a/rt/emul/compact/src/test/java/org/apidesign/bck2brwsr/tck/CompareStringsTest.java	Thu Oct 03 15:51:55 2013 +0200
+++ b/rt/emul/compact/src/test/java/org/apidesign/bck2brwsr/tck/CompareStringsTest.java	Fri Oct 11 09:58:03 2013 +0200
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import org.apidesign.bck2brwsr.vmtest.Compare;
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@
     @Compare public static Object compareURLs() throws MalformedURLException {
         return new URL("http://apidesign.org:8080/wiki/").toExternalForm().toString();
     }
+
+    @Compare public static Object compareURLsViaURIs() throws Exception {
+        return new URL("http://apidesign.org:8080/wiki/").toURI().toString();
+    }
     
     @Compare public String deleteLastTwoCharacters() {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();