diff --git a/src/icalendar/tests/events/issue_82_expected_output.ics b/src/icalendar/tests/events/issue_82_expected_output.ics
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61872f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/icalendar/tests/events/issue_82_expected_output.ics
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+BEGIN:VEVENT
+ATTACH;ENCODING=BASE64;FMTTYPE=text/plain;VALUE=BINARY:dGV4dA==
+END:VEVENT
diff --git a/src/icalendar/tests/test_fixed_issues.py b/src/icalendar/tests/test_fixed_issues.py
index 15bc377..eb2b448 100644
--- a/src/icalendar/tests/test_fixed_issues.py
+++ b/src/icalendar/tests/test_fixed_issues.py
@@ -129,23 +129,6 @@ END:VEVENT"""
             b'FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20070619T225959;INTERVAL=1'
         )
 
-    def test_issue_82(self):
-        """Issue #82 - vBinary __repr__ called rather than to_ical from
-                       container types
-        https://github.com/collective/icalendar/issues/82
-        """
-
-        b = icalendar.vBinary('text')
-        b.params['FMTTYPE'] = 'text/plain'
-        self.assertEqual(b.to_ical(), b'dGV4dA==')
-        e = icalendar.Event()
-        e.add('ATTACH', b)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            e.to_ical(),
-            b"BEGIN:VEVENT\r\nATTACH;ENCODING=BASE64;FMTTYPE=text/plain;"
-            b"VALUE=BINARY:dGV4dA==\r\nEND:VEVENT\r\n"
-        )
-
     def test_issue_100(self):
         """Issue #100 - Transformed doctests into unittests, Test fixes and
                         cleanup.
diff --git a/src/icalendar/tests/test_parsing.py b/src/icalendar/tests/test_parsing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c75f510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/icalendar/tests/test_parsing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import base64
+
+from icalendar import Event, vBinary
+
+def test_vBinary_base64_encoded_issue_82():
+    '''Issue #82 - vBinary __repr__ called rather than to_ical from
+                   container types
+    https://github.com/collective/icalendar/issues/82
+    '''
+    b = vBinary('text')
+    b.params['FMTTYPE'] = 'text/plain'
+    assert b.to_ical() == base64.b64encode(b'text')
+
+def test_creates_event_with_base64_encoded_attachment_issue_82(events):
+    '''Issue #82 - vBinary __repr__ called rather than to_ical from
+                   container types
+    https://github.com/collective/icalendar/issues/82
+    '''
+    b = vBinary('text')
+    b.params['FMTTYPE'] = 'text/plain'
+    event = Event()
+    event.add('ATTACH', b)
+    assert event.to_ical() == events.issue_82_expected_output.raw_ics