--- a/babel/messages/tests/pofile.py
+++ b/babel/messages/tests/pofile.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from StringIO import StringIO
 import unittest
 
-from babel.messages.catalog import Catalog
+from babel.messages.catalog import Catalog, Message
 from babel.messages import pofile
 
 
@@ -150,6 +150,22 @@
 msgid "bar"
 msgstr ""''', buf.getvalue().strip())
 
+    def test_po_with_obsolete_messages(self):
+        catalog = Catalog()
+        catalog.add(u'foo', u'Voh', locations=[('main.py', 1)])
+        catalog.obsolete['bar'] = Message(u'bar', u'Bahr',
+                                          locations=[('utils.py', 3)],
+                                          user_comments=['User comment'])
+        buf = StringIO()
+        pofile.write_po(buf, catalog, omit_header=True)
+        self.assertEqual('''#: main.py:1
+msgid "foo"
+msgstr "Voh"
+
+# User comment
+#~ msgid "bar"
+#~ msgstr "Bahr"''', buf.getvalue().strip())
+
 
 def suite():
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()