diff --git a/test/bug.1063.t b/test/bug.1063.t
index bb2afc206..cca1192d5 100755
--- a/test/bug.1063.t
+++ b/test/bug.1063.t
@@ -1,72 +1,74 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env perl
-################################################################################
-##
-## Copyright 2006 - 2015, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
-##
-## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-## of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-## in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-## to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-## copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-## furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-##
-## The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-## in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-##
-## THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-## OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
-## THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-## LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-## OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-## SOFTWARE.
-##
-## http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-##
-################################################################################
+#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright 2006 - 2015, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+# OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+#
+# http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+#
+###############################################################################
 
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 6;
+import sys
+import os
+import re
+import unittest
+# Ensure python finds the local simpletap module
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
-# Ensure environment has no influence.
-delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
-delete $ENV{'TASKRC'};
+from basetest import Task, TestCase
 
-use File::Basename;
-my $ut = basename ($0);
-my $rc = $ut . '.rc';
 
-# Create the rc file.
-if (open my $fh, '>', $rc)
-{
-  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
-            "confirmation=off\n",
-            "uda.foo.type=numeric\n",
-            "uda.foo.label=Foo\n",
-            "report.bar.columns=foo,description\n",
-            "report.bar.description=Bar\n",
-            "report.bar.labels=Foo,Desc\n",
-            "report.bar.sort=foo-\n";
-  close $fh;
-}
+class TestBug1063(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.t = Task()
 
-# Bug 1063 - Numeric UDA fields are not sortable.
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc add four  foo:4 2>&1};
-ok ($? == 0, "$ut: add four");
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc add one   foo:1 2>&1};
-ok ($? == 0, "$ut: add one");
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc add three foo:3 2>&1};
-ok ($? == 0, "$ut: add three");
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc add two   foo:2 2>&1};
-ok ($? == 0, "$ut: add two");
+        self.t.config("uda.foo.type", "numeric")
+        self.t.config("uda.foo.label", "Foo")
+        self.t.config("report.bar.columns", "foo,description")
+        self.t.config("report.bar.description", "Bar")
+        self.t.config("report.bar.labels", "Foo,Desc")
+        self.t.config("report.bar.sort", "foo-")
 
-my $output = qx{../src/task rc:$rc bar 2>&1};
-like ($output, qr/4.+3.+2.+1/ms, "$ut: Default descending sort correct");
+    def test_sortable_uda(self):
+        """numeric UDA fields are sortable
 
-$output = qx{../src/task rc:$rc bar rc.report.bar.sort=foo+ 2>&1};
-like ($output, qr/1.+2.+3.+4/ms, "$ut: Default ascending sort correct");
+        Reported as bug 1063
+        """
 
-## Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data), $rc;
-exit 0;
+        self.t(("add", "four", "foo:4"))
+        self.t(("add", "one", "foo:1"))
+        self.t(("add", "three", "foo:3"))
+        self.t(("add", "two", "foo:2"))
+
+        code, out, err = self.t(("bar",))
+        expected = re.compile("4.+3.+2.+1", re.DOTALL)  # dot matches \n too
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(out, expected)
+
+        code, out, err = self.t(("bar", "rc.report.bar.sort=foo+"))
+        expected = re.compile("1.+2.+3.+4", re.DOTALL)  # dot matches \n too
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(out, expected)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from simpletap import TAPTestRunner
+    unittest.main(testRunner=TAPTestRunner())
+
+# vim: ai sts=4 et sw=4