from youtube_dl.compat import (
     compat_getenv,
     compat_setenv,
+    compat_etree_Element,
     compat_etree_fromstring,
     compat_expanduser,
     compat_shlex_split,
         self.assertEqual(compat_shlex_split('-option "one\ntwo" \n -flag'), ['-option', 'one\ntwo', '-flag'])
         self.assertEqual(compat_shlex_split('-val 中文'), ['-val', '中文'])
 
+    def test_compat_etree_Element(self):
+        try:
+            compat_etree_Element.items
+        except AttributeError:
+            self.fail('compat_etree_Element is not a type')
+
     def test_compat_etree_fromstring(self):
         xml = '''
             <root foo="bar" spam="中文">