diff --git a/hmac/hmac.py b/hmac/hmac.py
index c2ce23b1..af1feade 100644
--- a/hmac/hmac.py
+++ b/hmac/hmac.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ trans_5C = bytes((x ^ 0x5C) for x in range(256))
 trans_36 = bytes((x ^ 0x36) for x in range(256))
 
 def translate(d, t):
-    return b''.join([ chr(t[x]).encode('ascii') for x in d ])
+    return bytes(t[x] for x in d)
 
 # The size of the digests returned by HMAC depends on the underlying
 # hashing module used.  Use digest_size from the instance of HMAC instead.
diff --git a/hmac/metadata.txt b/hmac/metadata.txt
index ba6f514e..1f744f8f 100644
--- a/hmac/metadata.txt
+++ b/hmac/metadata.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 srctype = cpython
 type = module
-version = 3.4.2-2
+version = 3.4.2-3
 depends = warnings, hashlib
diff --git a/hmac/setup.py b/hmac/setup.py
index 274f6b92..1b9a9321 100644
--- a/hmac/setup.py
+++ b/hmac/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sys.path.append("..")
 import optimize_upip
 
 setup(name='micropython-hmac',
-      version='3.4.2-2',
+      version='3.4.2-3',
       description='CPython hmac module ported to MicroPython',
       long_description='This is a module ported from CPython standard library to be compatible with\nMicroPython interpreter. Usually, this means applying small patches for\nfeatures not supported (yet, or at all) in MicroPython. Sometimes, heavier\nchanges are required. Note that CPython modules are written with availability\nof vast resources in mind, and may not work for MicroPython ports with\nlimited heap. If you are affected by such a case, please help reimplement\nthe module from scratch.',
       url='https://github.com/micropython/micropython-lib',
diff --git a/hmac/test_hmac.py b/hmac/test_hmac.py
index a2c1349c..52fe57e6 100644
--- a/hmac/test_hmac.py
+++ b/hmac/test_hmac.py
@@ -20,3 +20,29 @@ print(dig)
 if dig != '59942f31b6f5473fb4eb630fabf5358a49bc11d24ebc83b114b4af30d6ef47ea14b673f478586f520a0b9c53b27c8f8dd618c165ef586195bd4e98293d34df1a':
     raise Exception("Error")
 
+key = b'\x06\x1au\x90|Xz;o\x1b<\xafGL\xbfn\x8a\xc94YPfC^\xb9\xdd)\x7f\xaf\x85\xa1\xed\x82\xbexp\xaf\x13\x1a\x9d'
+
+dig = hmac.new(key[:20], msg=msg, digestmod=sha256).hexdigest()
+
+print('59e332b881df09fdecf569c8b142b27fc989638720aeda2813f82442b6e3d91b')
+print(dig)
+
+if dig != '59e332b881df09fdecf569c8b142b27fc989638720aeda2813f82442b6e3d91b':
+    raise Exception("Error")
+
+dig = hmac.new(key[:32], msg=msg, digestmod=sha256).hexdigest()
+
+print('b72fed815cd71acfa3a2f5cf2343679565fa18e7cd92226ab443aabd1fd7b7b0')
+print(dig)
+
+if dig != 'b72fed815cd71acfa3a2f5cf2343679565fa18e7cd92226ab443aabd1fd7b7b0':
+    raise Exception("Error")
+
+dig = hmac.new(key, msg=msg, digestmod=sha256).hexdigest()
+
+print('4e51beae6c2b0f90bb3e99d8e93a32d168b6c1e9b7d2130e2d668a3b3e10358d')
+print(dig)
+
+if dig != '4e51beae6c2b0f90bb3e99d8e93a32d168b6c1e9b7d2130e2d668a3b3e10358d':
+    raise Exception("Error")
+