diff --git a/test/strings/basic.jl b/test/strings/basic.jl
index bf1fb7741c862d..b4be286c9a50dd 100644
--- a/test/strings/basic.jl
+++ b/test/strings/basic.jl
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ end
 @test SubString("", 1, 6)[10:9] == ""
 @test SubString("", 1, 0)[10:9] == ""
 
+# issue #22500 (using `get()` to safely index strings)
+@test get("Julia", 1, ' ') == 'J'
+@test get("Julia", -1, ' ') == ' '
+@test get("Julia", 10, ' ') == ' '
 
 #=
 # issue #7764