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diff --git a/tests/signals/signal_manager_refcount_test.py b/tests/signals/signal_manager_refcount_test.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from sys import getrefcount
+import unittest
+from PySide.QtCore import QObject, SIGNAL
+
+class SignalManagerRefCount(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Simple test case to check if the signal_manager is erroneously incrementing the object refcounter"""
+
+    def testObjectRefcount(self):
+        """Emission of QObject.destroyed() to a python slot"""
+        def callback():
+            pass
+        obj = QObject()
+        refcount = getrefcount(obj)
+        QObject.connect(obj, SIGNAL('destroyed()'), callback)
+        self.assertEqual(refcount, getrefcount(obj))
+        QObject.disconnect(obj, SIGNAL('destroyed()'), callback)
+        self.assertEqual(refcount, getrefcount(obj))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+