diff --git a/test/Jamfile.v2 b/test/Jamfile.v2
index 9c3aff3..25980bb 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/test/Jamfile.v2
@@ -56,5 +56,6 @@ test-suite conversion
     [ run lexical_cast_stream_detection_test.cpp ]
     [ run lexical_cast_stream_traits_test.cpp ]
     [ compile-fail lexical_cast_to_pointer_test.cpp ]
+    [ run lexical_cast_filesystem_test.cpp ../../filesystem/build//boost_filesystem/<link>static ]
   ;
 
diff --git a/test/lexical_cast_filesystem_test.cpp b/test/lexical_cast_filesystem_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..154d107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lexical_cast_filesystem_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+//  Unit test for boost::lexical_cast.
+//
+//  See http://www.boost.org for most recent version, including documentation.
+//
+//  Copyright Antony Polukhin, 2013.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Boost
+//  Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
+//  LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt).
+//
+// Test lexical_cast usage with long filesystem::path. Bug 7704.
+
+#include <boost/config.hpp>
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
+
+using namespace boost;
+
+void test_filesystem();
+
+unit_test::test_suite *init_unit_test_suite(int, char *[])
+{
+    unit_test::test_suite *suite =
+        BOOST_TEST_SUITE("lexical_cast unit test");
+    suite->add(BOOST_TEST_CASE(&test_filesystem));
+
+    return suite;
+}
+
+void test_filesystem()
+{
+    boost::filesystem::path p;
+    std::string s1 = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
+    p = boost::lexical_cast<boost::filesystem::path>(s1);
+    BOOST_CHECK(!p.empty());
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(p, s1);
+    p.clear();
+
+    const char ab[] = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb";
+    p = boost::lexical_cast<boost::filesystem::path>(ab);
+    BOOST_CHECK(!p.empty());
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(p, ab);
+}
+