diff --git a/test/src/keymap-tests.el b/test/src/keymap-tests.el
index 04b897045db..e968a19eadf 100644
--- a/test/src/keymap-tests.el
+++ b/test/src/keymap-tests.el
@@ -357,6 +357,13 @@ g .. h		foo
                  "C-x <right>"))
   (should (equal (key-description [M-H-right] [?\C-x])
                  "C-x M-H-<right>"))
+  ;; Treat latin-1 correctly vs meta.  (Bug#59305)
+  (should (equal (key-description "olá")
+                 "o l á"))
+  (should (equal (key-description (string ?o ?l ?á))
+                 "o l á"))
+  (should (equal (key-description (unibyte-string ?o ?l ?á))
+                 "o l M-a"))
   (should (equal (single-key-description 'home)
                  "<home>"))
   (should (equal (single-key-description 'home t)