diff --git a/dateutil/test/test_parser.py b/dateutil/test/test_parser.py
index ccdfe87a3..bf46dcecd 100644
--- a/dateutil/test/test_parser.py
+++ b/dateutil/test/test_parser.py
@@ -395,6 +395,13 @@ def tzinfos(*args, **kwargs):
         res = parse(dstr, tzinfos=tzinfos)
         self.assert_equal_same_tz(res, expected)
 
+    def test_valid_tzinfo_int_input(self):
+        dstr = "2014 January 19 09:00 UTC"
+        tzinfos = {u"UTC": -28800}
+        expected = datetime(2014, 1, 19, 9, tzinfo=tz.tzoffset(u"UTC", -28800))
+        res = parse(dstr, tzinfos=tzinfos)
+        self.assert_equal_same_tz(res, expected)
+
 
 class ParserTest(unittest.TestCase):