diff --git a/exercises/word-count/.meta/additional_tests.json b/exercises/word-count/.meta/additional_tests.json
index 5385939838..39c9d22cbb 100644
--- a/exercises/word-count/.meta/additional_tests.json
+++ b/exercises/word-count/.meta/additional_tests.json
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@
         "is": 1,
         "broken": 1
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "multiple apostrophes ignored",
+      "property": "countWords",
+      "input": {
+        "sentence": "''hey''"
+      },
+      "expected": {
+        "hey": 1
+      }
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/exercises/word-count/word_count_test.py b/exercises/word-count/word_count_test.py
index 2d0317b5c5..741781631b 100644
--- a/exercises/word-count/word_count_test.py
+++ b/exercises/word-count/word_count_test.py
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ def test_non_alphanumeric(self):
             {"hey": 1, "my": 1, "spacebar": 1, "is": 1, "broken": 1},
         )
 
+    def test_multiple_apostrophes_ignored(self):
+        self.assertEqual(count_words("''hey''"), {"hey": 1})
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()