diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/syndication/fixtures/feeddata.json b/tests/regressiontests/syndication/fixtures/feeddata.json
index de752f66bf..375ee16c41 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/syndication/fixtures/feeddata.json
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/syndication/fixtures/feeddata.json
@@ -22,5 +22,13 @@
       "title": "My third entry",
       "date": "2008-01-02 13:30:00"
     }
+  },
+  {
+    "model": "syndication.entry",
+    "pk": 4,
+    "fields": {
+      "title": "A & B < C > D",
+      "date": "2008-01-03 13:30:00"
+    }
   }
 ]
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diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/syndication/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/syndication/tests.py
index caf5e4f04d..1410ed7517 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/syndication/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/syndication/tests.py
@@ -81,4 +81,14 @@ class SyndicationFeedTest(TestCase):
         response = self.client.get('/syndication/feeds/complex/')
         self.assertEquals(response.status_code, 404)
 
-
+    def test_title_escaping(self):
+        """
+        Tests that titles are escaped correctly in RSS feeds.
+        """
+        response = self.client.get('/syndication/feeds/rss/')
+        doc = minidom.parseString(response.content)
+        for item in doc.getElementsByTagName('item'):
+            link = item.getElementsByTagName('link')[0]
+            if link.firstChild.wholeText == 'http://example.com/blog/4/':
+                title = item.getElementsByTagName('title')[0]
+                self.assertEquals(title.firstChild.wholeText, u'A &amp; B &lt; C &gt; D')
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