diff --git a/tests/functional/r/regression_02/regression_distutil_import_error_73.py b/tests/functional/r/regression_02/regression_distutil_import_error_73.py
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+"""
+Regression test to check that distutils can be imported
+See https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/73
+
+See also:
+https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/2955
+https://github.com/PyCQA/astroid/pull/1321
+"""
+
+# pylint: disable=unused-import
+
+import distutils.version
+from distutils.util import strtobool
+from distutils import doesnottexists # [no-name-in-module]
+from distutils.doesnottexists import nope # [no-name-in-module, import-error]
diff --git a/tests/functional/r/regression_02/regression_distutil_import_error_73.txt b/tests/functional/r/regression_02/regression_distutil_import_error_73.txt
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+no-name-in-module:14:0:14:36::No name 'doesnottexists' in module 'distutils':UNDEFINED
+import-error:15:0:15:41::Unable to import 'distutils.doesnottexists':UNDEFINED
+no-name-in-module:15:0:15:41::No name 'doesnottexists' in module 'distutils':UNDEFINED