diff --git a/tests/thread/thread_sleep2.py b/tests/thread/thread_sleep2.py
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+# Test accuracy of sleep within a thread.
+
+import time
+import _thread
+
+
+def sleep(t, valid_range):
+    t0 = time.time_ns()
+    time.sleep(t)
+    dt_ms = (time.time_ns() - t0) // 1_000_000
+    if dt_ms in valid_range:
+        print("dt in range", t)
+    else:
+        print("dt not in range:", dt_ms)
+
+
+def thread_entry():
+    lock.acquire()
+    print("thread start")
+    sleep(0.2, range(180, 400))
+    print("thread end")
+
+
+lock = _thread.allocate_lock()
+lock.acquire()
+_thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, ())
+
+print("main start")
+lock.release()
+sleep(0.5, range(480, 800))
+print("main end")