diff --git a/test/issues/issues-test.js b/test/issues/issues-test.js
index a3166b5ae..ab4a34a62 100644
--- a/test/issues/issues-test.js
+++ b/test/issues/issues-test.js
@@ -508,4 +508,12 @@ describe("issues", function () {
             sinon.assert.calledWith(spy, secondObj);
         });
     });
+
+    describe("#1796 - cannot stub Array.prototype.sort", function () {
+        it("it should not fail with RangeError", function () {
+            var stub = sinon.stub(Array.prototype, "sort");
+            [1, 2, 3].sort();
+            stub.restore();
+        });
+    });
 });