diff --git a/collects/tests/mzscheme/function.ss b/collects/tests/mzscheme/function.ss
index bef1f4b6eb..1c76100abf 100644
--- a/collects/tests/mzscheme/function.ss
+++ b/collects/tests/mzscheme/function.ss
@@ -57,9 +57,32 @@
 (err/rt-test (assf string? '((1) (2) (3) . 4)) exn:application:mismatch?)
 
 (test '("a" "b" "c" "c" "d" "e" "f")
-      quicksort 
+      sort
       '("d" "f" "e" "c" "a" "c" "b")
       string<?)
+(let ()
+  (define (random-list n)
+    (let loop ([n n] [r '()])
+      (if (zero? n) r (loop (sub1 n) (cons (random 1000000) r)))))
+  (define (test-sort sort len times)
+    (or (zero? times)
+        (and (let* ([rand (random-list len)]
+                    [sorted (sort rand <)]
+                    [same   (sort rand (lambda (x y) #f))])
+               (and (= (length sorted) (length rand))
+                    ;; sorted?
+                    (andmap <=
+                            (reverse! (cdr (reverse sorted)))
+                            (cdr sorted))
+                    ;; stable?
+                    (equal? rand same)))
+             (test-sort sort len (sub1 times)))))
+  (test #t test-sort sort 1 10)
+  (test #t test-sort sort 2 10)
+  (test #t test-sort sort 10 100)
+  (test #t test-sort sort 100 100)
+  (test #t test-sort sort 1000 100))
+
 (let ([s (let loop ([n 1000])
 	   (if (zero? n)
 	       '()