diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 <section>
 <tag id='inner'>subtext</tag>
 </section>
+ <?pitarget pi-text?>
 </div><div class="naked_ctrl">
<form action="/index.cgi/contrast" method="get" name="gate">
<p><a href="http://altstyle.alfasado.net">AltStyle</a> によって変換されたページ <a href="https://bugs.python.org/file33538/testcase.patch">(-&gt;オリジナル)</a>
/ <label>アドレス: <input type="text" name="naked_post_url" value="https://bugs.python.org/file33538/testcase.patch" size="22" /></label> <label>モード: <select name="naked_post_mode">
<option value="default">デフォルト</option>
<option value="speech">音声ブラウザ</option>
<option value="ruby">ルビ付き</option>
<option value="contrast" selected="selected">配色反転</option>
<option value="larger-text">文字拡大</option>
<option value="mobile">モバイル</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="表示" />
</p>
</form>
</div>		
</body>
 """
 
@@ -1379,6 +1380,11 @@
 self.assertEqual(tree.findtext("tag"), 'text')
 self.assertEqual(tree.findtext("section/tag"), 'subtext')
 
+ def test_pi_parsing(self):
+ elem = ET.XML(SAMPLE_XML)
+ root = ET.ElementTree(elem).getroot()
+ self.assertEqual(root[-1].tag, ET.ProcessingInstruction)
+ 
 def test_bug_xmltoolkit28(self):
 # .//tag causes exceptions