diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/testdata/te.txt b/icu4c/source/test/testdata/te.txt
index ae710328ece..47f30513414 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/testdata/te.txt
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/testdata/te.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ te
     {
         tag0 { TE0 } 
     }
+	
+	CollationElements 
+	{ "& A < a\u0308 , A\u0308 & C < c\u0327 , C\u0327 & G < g"
+        "\u0306 , G\u0306 & H < \u0131 , I , i , \u0130 < \u0132 , \u0133 & O < o\u0308 "
+        ", O\u0308 & S < s\u0327 , S\u0327 & U < u\u0308 , U\u0308 "
+    }
 }
 
 //eof