diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
index 82f1d9dc2e7bb3d..db60d7d06c5dbd6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -1698,5 +1698,17 @@ def test_roundtrip_pathname2url(self):
         for path in list_of_paths:
             self.assertEqual(pathname2url(url2pathname(path)), path)
 
+class URLCleanUpFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test urllib.urlcleanup() on cache files"""
+
+    def test_urlcleanup(self):
+        result = urllib.request.urlretrieve('http://example.com')
+        self.assertIsInstance(result[1], email.message.Message,
+                              "did not get a email.message.Message instance ",
+                              "as second returned value")
+        self.assertTrue(result[0] in urllib.request._url_tempfiles)
+        urllib.request.urlcleanup()
+        self.assertFalse(result[0] in urllib.request._url_tempfiles)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2021-11-28-22-21-22.bpo-18717.7A7NC-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2021-11-28-22-21-22.bpo-18717.7A7NC-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..4b4402d2a5ca287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2021-11-28-22-21-22.bpo-18717.7A7NC-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add new Test for :class:`urllib.request.urlcleanup`.