diff --git a/test/test_dtype.py b/test/test_dtype.py
index aeba03adb48c..571c8ab4afcd 100644
--- a/test/test_dtype.py
+++ b/test/test_dtype.py
@@ -660,8 +660,15 @@ def test_functions(self):
     ]:
       t = func(Tensor([4.0, 3.0])).max() == func(Tensor([4.0, 3.0]))
       result.append(t.numpy().sum())
-
     assert all(result)
 
+class TestTensorMethod(unittest.TestCase):
+  @given(strat.sampled_from(core_dtypes))
+  def test_abs_diff(self, dt):
+    if dt == dtypes.bool or not is_dtype_supported(dt): return
+    a, b = Tensor([2], dtype=dt), Tensor([1], dtype=dt)
+    ret = (a - b).abs()
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(ret.numpy(), np.abs(a.numpy()-b.numpy()))
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main()