diff --git a/INSTALL.rst.txt b/INSTALL.rst.txt
index d6c42bad7ea7..0c4b842b877e 100644
--- a/INSTALL.rst.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.rst.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@ Building NumPy requires the following installed software:
 
    This is required for testing numpy, but not for using it.
 
+4) hypothesis__ (optional)
+
+   This is required for testing numpy, but not for using it.
+
 Python__ http://www.python.org
 pytest__ http://pytest.readthedocs.io
+hypothesis__ https://hypothesis.readthedocs.io
 
 
 .. note::
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_arrayprint.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_arrayprint.py
index 702e68e769f0..0dbd8fc78029 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_arrayprint.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_arrayprint.py
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     )
 import textwrap
 
+import hypothesis
+import hypothesis.extra.numpy
+
+
 class TestArrayRepr(object):
     def test_nan_inf(self):
         x = np.array([np.nan, np.inf])
@@ -399,6 +403,16 @@ def test_wide_element(self):
             "[ 'xxxxx']"
         )
 
+    @hypothesis.seed(43)
+    @hypothesis.given(hypothesis.extra.numpy.from_dtype(np.dtype("U")))
+    def test_any_text(self, text):
+        a = np.array([text, text, text])
+        assert_equal(a[0], text)
+        assert_equal(
+            np.array2string(a, max_line_width=len(repr(text)) * 2 + 3),
+            "[{0!r} {0!r}\n {0!r}]".format(text)
+        )
+
     @pytest.mark.skipif(not HAS_REFCOUNT, reason="Python lacks refcounts")
     def test_refcount(self):
         # make sure we do not hold references to the array due to a recursive
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 627150673a40..e912bafc15ce 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 cython==0.29.14
+hypothesis==4.53.1
 pytest==5.3.1
 pytz==2019.3
 pytest-cov==2.8.1