diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
index d3869ad9d256..652858b3b749 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ def test_get_labels():
     assert ax.get_ylabel() == 'y label'
 
 
+def test_repr():
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+    ax.set_label('label')
+    ax.set_title('title')
+    ax.set_xlabel('x')
+    ax.set_ylabel('y')
+    assert repr(ax) == ("<AxesSubplot:label='label', " +
+                        "title={'center':'title'}, xlabel='x', ylabel='y'>")
+
+
 @check_figures_equal()
 def test_label_loc_vertical(fig_test, fig_ref):
     ax = fig_test.subplots()
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py
index 505cb4f0c50f..94f1fa19aec8 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ def test_aspect_equal_error():
         ax.set_aspect('equal')
 
 
+def test_axes3d_repr():
+    fig = plt.figure()
+    ax = fig.add_subplot(projection='3d')
+    ax.set_label('label')
+    ax.set_title('title')
+    ax.set_xlabel('x')
+    ax.set_ylabel('y')
+    ax.set_zlabel('z')
+    assert repr(ax) == ("<Axes3DSubplot:label='label', " +
+                        "title={'center':'title'}, " +
+                        "xlabel='x', ylabel='y', zlabel='z'>")
+
+
 @mpl3d_image_comparison(['bar3d.png'])
 def test_bar3d():
     fig = plt.figure()