diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_scipy.py b/support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_scipy.py
index df0c7ce5fe..d36f2273e7 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_scipy.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/sample_python_scipy.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import numpy
+import scipy.io
 import scipy.special
 import scipy.integrate
 
@@ -10,3 +11,6 @@ assert(com == 15.0)
 
 t = scipy.integrate.trapezoid([5,8,10])
 assert(t == 15.5)
+
+mdic = {"t": t, "label": "example"}
+scipy.io.savemat("example.mat", mdic)