diff --git a/tests/test_sequences_and_iterators.cpp b/tests/test_sequences_and_iterators.cpp
index f4a78ae99..16f8f5b23 100644
--- a/tests/test_sequences_and_iterators.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_sequences_and_iterators.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ TEST_SUBMODULE(sequences_and_iterators, m) {
     public:
         explicit IntPairs(std::vector<std::pair<int, int>> data) : data_(std::move(data)) {}
         const std::pair<int, int>* begin() const { return data_.data(); }
+        // .end() only required for py::make_iterator(self) overload
+        const std::pair<int, int>* end() const { return data_.data() + data_.size(); }
     private:
         std::vector<std::pair<int, int>> data_;
     };
@@ -306,6 +308,17 @@ TEST_SUBMODULE(sequences_and_iterators, m) {
         .def("nonzero_keys", [](const IntPairs& s) {
             return py::make_key_iterator(NonZeroIterator<std::pair<int, int>>(s.begin()), NonZeroSentinel());
         }, py::keep_alive<0, 1>())
+        .def("simple_iterator", [](IntPairs& self) {
+            return py::make_iterator(self);
+        }, py::keep_alive<0, 1>())
+        .def("simple_keys", [](IntPairs& self) {
+            return py::make_key_iterator(self);
+        }, py::keep_alive<0, 1>())
+
+        // test iterator with keep_alive (doesn't work so not used at runtime, but tests compile)
+        .def("make_iterator_keep_alive", [](IntPairs& self) {
+            return py::make_iterator(self, py::keep_alive<0, 1>());
+        }, py::keep_alive<0, 1>())
         ;
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_sequences_and_iterators.py b/tests/test_sequences_and_iterators.py
index 44069fdd1..902f4914c 100644
--- a/tests/test_sequences_and_iterators.py
+++ b/tests/test_sequences_and_iterators.py
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ def test_generalized_iterators():
             next(it)
 
 
+def test_generalized_iterators_simple():
+    assert list(m.IntPairs([(1, 2), (3, 4), (0, 5)]).simple_iterator()) == [
+        (1, 2),
+        (3, 4),
+        (0, 5),
+    ]
+    assert list(m.IntPairs([(1, 2), (3, 4), (0, 5)]).simple_keys()) == [1, 3, 0]
+
+
 def test_sliceable():
     sliceable = m.Sliceable(100)
     assert sliceable[::] == (0, 100, 1)