diff --git a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
index 2ec12439d7fee4..dc1c431a7649fe 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
@@ -4463,6 +4463,15 @@ def test_implicit_context(self):
             self.assertIs(Decimal("NaN").fma(7, 1).is_nan(), True)
             # three arg power
             self.assertEqual(pow(Decimal(10), 2, 7), 2)
+            if self.decimal == C:
+                self.assertEqual(pow(10, Decimal(2), 7), 2)
+                self.assertEqual(pow(10, 2, Decimal(7)), 2)
+            else:
+                # XXX: Three-arg power doesn't use __rpow__.
+                self.assertRaises(TypeError, pow, 10, Decimal(2), 7)
+                # XXX: There is no special method to dispatch on the
+                # third arg of three-arg power.
+                self.assertRaises(TypeError, pow, 10, 2, Decimal(7))
             # exp
             self.assertEqual(Decimal("1.01").exp(), 3)
             # is_normal