diff --git a/test/test_const.py b/test/test_const.py
index 2b50aee464fe97c9ea05d69732a665534f999ab1..44c0390f4af65332210d5f03b5d2708e058791f0 100644
--- a/test/test_const.py
+++ b/test/test_const.py
@@ -111,3 +111,6 @@ class TestEventBits(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_repr(self):
         self.assertEqual(str(libevdev.EV_REL), 'EV_REL:2')
+
+    def test_less_than(self):
+        self.assertTrue(libevdev.EV_REL < libevdev.EV_ABS)