diff --git a/app/test/resources/bug1936.expected b/app/test/resources/bug1936.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd06677b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/resources/bug1936.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import processing.core.*; 
+import processing.data.*; 
+import processing.event.*; 
+import processing.opengl.*; 
+
+import java.util.HashMap; 
+import java.util.ArrayList; 
+import java.io.File; 
+import java.io.BufferedReader; 
+import java.io.PrintWriter; 
+import java.io.InputStream; 
+import java.io.OutputStream; 
+import java.io.IOException; 
+
+public class bug1936 extends PApplet {
+    public void setup() {
+char a = PApplet.parseChar(PApplet.parseByte(PApplet.parseInt("15")));
+        noLoop();
+    }
+
+    static public void main(String[] passedArgs) {
+        String[] appletArgs = new String[] { "bug1936" };
+        if (passedArgs != null) {
+          PApplet.main(concat(appletArgs, passedArgs));
+        } else {
+          PApplet.main(appletArgs);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/test/resources/bug1936.pde b/app/test/resources/bug1936.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95d332a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/test/resources/bug1936.pde
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+char a = char(byte(int("15")));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/test/src/test/processing/mode/java/ParserTests.java b/app/test/src/test/processing/mode/java/ParserTests.java
index eca3de658..ed5b47411 100644
--- a/app/test/src/test/processing/mode/java/ParserTests.java
+++ b/app/test/src/test/processing/mode/java/ParserTests.java
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ public class ParserTests {
   public void bug1534() {
     expectGood("bug1534");
   }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void bug1936() {
+    expectGood("bug1936");
+  }
 
   @Test
   public void bug315g() {