diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/restest.cpp b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/restest.cpp
index cac7ba7d624..50a5067af25 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/restest.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/restest.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "cstring.h"
 #include "unicode/unistr.h"
+#include "unicode/uniset.h"
 #include "unicode/resbund.h"
 #include "restest.h"
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ void ResourceBundleTest::runIndexedTest( int32_t index, UBool exec, const char*
     switch (index) {
     case 0: name = "TestResourceBundles"; if (exec) TestResourceBundles(); break;
     case 1: name = "TestConstruction"; if (exec) TestConstruction(); break;
-
+    case 2: name = "TestExemplar"; if (exec) TestExemplar(); break;
         default: name = ""; break; //needed to end loop
     }
 }
@@ -529,5 +530,32 @@ ResourceBundleTest::record_fail(UnicodeString errMessage)
     err(errMessage);
     ++fail;
 }
+
+void
+ResourceBundleTest::TestExemplar(){
+
+    int32_t locCount = uloc_countAvailable();
+    int32_t locIndex=0;
+    int num=0;
+    UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+    for(;locIndex<locCount;locIndex++){
+        const char* locale = uloc_getAvailable(locIndex);
+        UResourceBundle *resb =ures_open(NULL,locale,&status);
+        if(U_SUCCESS(status) && status!=U_USING_FALLBACK_WARNING && status!=U_USING_DEFAULT_WARNING){
+            int32_t len=0;
+            const UChar* strSet = ures_getStringByKey(resb,"ExemplarCharacters",&len,&status);
+            UnicodeSet set(strSet,status);
+            if(U_FAILURE(status)){
+                errln("Could not construct UnicodeSet from pattern for ExemplarCharacters in locale : %s. Error: %s",locale,u_errorName(status));
+                status=U_ZERO_ERROR;
+            }
+            num++;
+        }
+        ures_close(resb);
+    }
+    logln("Number of installed locales with exemplar characters that could be tested: %d",num);
+
+}
+            
 //eof
 
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/restest.h b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/restest.h
index 2e92a7c9093..14a778a4ee5 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/restest.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/restest.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ public:
      **/
     void TestConstruction(void);
 
+    void TestExemplar(void);
+
 private:
     /**
      * The assignment operator has no real implementation.