diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cmsccoll.c b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cmsccoll.c
index 05b62a4961..b01a252b09 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cmsccoll.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/cintltst/cmsccoll.c
@@ -2551,6 +2551,7 @@ static void TestCyrillicTailoring(void) {
       "\\u0410\\u0306a",
       "\\u04d0A"
   };
+
     /* Russian overrides contractions, so this test is not valid anymore */
     /*genericLocaleStarter("ru", test, 3);*/ 
 
@@ -2563,6 +2564,23 @@ static void TestCyrillicTailoring(void) {
     genericRulesStarter("&Z < \\u0410 < \\u0410\\u0301", test, 3);
 }
 
+static void TestSuppressContractions(void) {
+
+  static const char *testNoCont2[] = {
+      "\\u0410\\u0302a",
+      "\\u0410\\u0306b",
+      "\\u0410c"            
+  };
+  static const char *testNoCont[] = {
+      "a\\u0410",            
+      "A\\u0410\\u0306",
+      "\\uFF21\\u0410\\u0302"
+  };
+    
+  genericRulesStarter("[suppressContractions [\\u0400-\\u047f]]", testNoCont, 3);
+  genericRulesStarter("[suppressContractions [\\u0400-\\u047f]]", testNoCont2, 3);
+}
+
 static void TestContraction(void) {
     const static char *testrules[] = {
         "&A = AB / B",
@@ -3625,15 +3643,14 @@ static void TestRuleOptions(void) {
 
 
 static void TestUnicodeSetRules(void) {
-
   static struct {
     const char *rules;
     const char *data[50];
     const uint32_t len;
   } tests[] = {  
     /* - all befores here amount to zero */
-    { "[optimize [\\uAC00-\\uD7FF]]&a = a", 
-    { "a", "b"}, 2} /* you cannot go before first tertiary ignorable */
+    { "[optimize [\\uAC00-\\uD7FF]]", 
+    { "a", "b"}, 2} 
   };
   uint32_t i;
 
@@ -3641,9 +3658,10 @@ static void TestUnicodeSetRules(void) {
   for(i = 0; i<(sizeof(tests)/sizeof(tests[0])); i++) {
     genericRulesStarter(tests[i].rules, tests[i].data, tests[i].len);
   }
-
 }
 
+#define TEST(x) addTest(root, &x, "tscoll/cmsccoll/" # x)
+
 void addMiscCollTest(TestNode** root)
 {
     addTest(root, &TestRuleOptions, "tscoll/cmsccoll/TestRuleOptions");
@@ -3688,7 +3706,8 @@ void addMiscCollTest(TestNode** root)
     addTest(root, &TestExpansion, "tscoll/cmsccoll/TestExpansion");
     /*addTest(root, &PrintMarkDavis, "tscoll/cmsccoll/PrintMarkDavis");*/ /* this test doesn't test - just prints sortkeys */
     /*addTest(root, &TestGetCaseBit, "tscoll/cmsccoll/TestGetCaseBit");*/ /*this one requires internal things to be exported */
-    addTest(root, &TestUnicodeSetRules, "tscoll/cmsccoll/TestUnicodeSetRules");
+    TEST(TestUnicodeSetRules);
+    TEST(TestSuppressContractions);
 }
 
 #endif /* #if !UCONFIG_NO_COLLATION */
diff --git a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/collator/CollationMiscTest.java b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/collator/CollationMiscTest.java
index d644222273..ababc7ee90 100644
--- a/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/collator/CollationMiscTest.java
+++ b/icu4j/src/com/ibm/icu/dev/test/collator/CollationMiscTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*
+ /*
  *******************************************************************************
  * Copyright (C) 2002, International Business Machines Corporation and         *
  * others. All Rights Reserved.                                                *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class CollationMiscTest extends TestFmwk{
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         new CollationMiscTest().run(args);
-        // new CollationMiscTest().TestLocaleRuleBasedCollators();
+        // new CollationMiscTest().TestLocaleRuleBasedCollators(); 
     }
     
     public void TestRuleOptions() {
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ public class CollationMiscTest extends TestFmwk{
             "\u0410\u0306a",
             "\u04d0A"
         };
-        genericLocaleStarter(new Locale("ru", ""), test);
+        genericLocaleStarter(new Locale("en", ""), test);
         genericRulesStarter("&\u0410 = \u0410", test);
         genericRulesStarter("&Z < \u0410", test);
         genericRulesStarter("&\u0410 = \u0410 < \u04d0", test);
@@ -630,7 +630,23 @@ public class CollationMiscTest extends TestFmwk{
         genericRulesStarter("&\u0410 = \u0410 < \u0410\u0301", test);
         genericRulesStarter("&Z < \u0410 < \u0410\u0301", test);
     }
-    
+
+    public void TestSuppressContractions() {
+            String testNoCont2[] = {
+            "\u0410\u0302a",
+            "\u0410\u0306b",
+            "\u0410c"            
+        };
+        String testNoCont[] = {
+            "a\u0410",            
+            "A\u0410\u0306",
+            "\uFF21\u0410\u0302"
+        };
+            
+        genericRulesStarter("[suppressContractions [\u0400-\u047f]]", testNoCont);
+        genericRulesStarter("[suppressContractions [\u0400-\u047f]]", testNoCont2);
+    }
+        
     public void TestCase() {
         String gRules = "\u0026\u0030\u003C\u0031\u002C\u2460\u003C\u0061\u002C\u0041";
         String[] testCase = {
@@ -1607,4 +1623,23 @@ public class CollationMiscTest extends TestFmwk{
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    public void TestOptimize() {
+      /* this is not really a test - just trying out 
+       * whether copying of UCA contents will fail 
+       * Cannot really test, since the functionality 
+       * remains the same.
+       */
+       String rules[] = {
+        "[optimize [\\uAC00-\\uD7FF]]"
+       };
+       String data[][] = {
+         { "a", "b"}
+       };
+       int i = 0;
+    
+      for(i = 0; i<rules.length; i++) {
+        genericRulesStarter(rules[i], data[i]);
+      }
+    }    
 }
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