diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.cpp b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.cpp
index 2dc77a960bf..711e69a3604 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ void NumberFormatTest::runIndexedTest( int32_t index, UBool exec, const char* &n
 		CASE(23,TestScientificGrouping);
 		CASE(24,TestInt64);
 
+        CASE(25,TestPerMill);
+
         default: name = ""; break;
     }
 }
@@ -1470,6 +1472,24 @@ void NumberFormatTest::TestAdoptDecimalFormatSymbols(void) {
     }
 }
 
+void NumberFormatTest::TestPerMill() {
+    UErrorCode ec = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+    UnicodeString str;
+    DecimalFormat fmt(ctou("###.###\\u2030"), ec);
+    if (!assertSuccess("DecimalFormat ct", ec)) return;
+    assertEquals("0.4857 x ###.###\\u2030",
+                 ctou("485.7\\u2030"), fmt.format(0.4857, str));
+    
+    DecimalFormatSymbols sym(Locale::getUS(), ec);
+    sym.setSymbol(DecimalFormatSymbols::kPerMillSymbol, ctou("m"));
+    DecimalFormat fmt2("", sym, ec);
+    fmt2.applyLocalizedPattern("###.###m", ec);
+    if (!assertSuccess("setup", ec)) return;
+    str.truncate(0);
+    assertEquals("0.4857 x ###.###m",
+                 "485.7m", fmt2.format(0.4857, str));
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Support methods
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.h b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.h
index 5ec241c1473..bc2ca59ea82 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.h
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ class NumberFormatTest: public CalendarTimeZoneTest {
 
     void TestAdoptDecimalFormatSymbols(void);
 
+    void TestPerMill(void);
+
  private:
 
     static UBool equalValue(const Formattable& a, const Formattable& b);
diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/NumberFormatTest.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/NumberFormatTest.java
index e4569798c22..569c2c28c51 100755
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/NumberFormatTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/NumberFormatTest.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  * others. All Rights Reserved.                                                *
  *******************************************************************************
  * $Source: /xsrl/Nsvn/icu/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/format/NumberFormatTest.java,v $ 
- * $Date: 2003/11/19 19:51:56 $ 
- * $Revision: 1.21 $
+ * $Date: 2004/02/12 01:10:19 $ 
+ * $Revision: 1.22 $
  *
  *****************************************************************************************
  */
@@ -928,6 +928,19 @@ public class NumberFormatTest extends com.ibm.icu.dev.test.TestFmwk {
         }
     }
 
+    public void TestPerMill() {
+        DecimalFormat fmt = new DecimalFormat("###.###\u2030");
+        assertEquals("0.4857 x ###.###\u2030",
+                     "485.7\u2030", fmt.format(0.4857));
+
+        DecimalFormatSymbols sym = new DecimalFormatSymbols(Locale.ENGLISH);
+        sym.setPerMill('m');
+        DecimalFormat fmt2 = new DecimalFormat("", sym);
+        fmt2.applyLocalizedPattern("###.###m");
+        assertEquals("0.4857 x ###.###m",
+                     "485.7m", fmt2.format(0.4857));
+    }
+
     //------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Support methods
     //------------------------------------------------------------------