diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
index f42e0a0d04d8..6ea29c78f506 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_datetime.py
@@ -343,11 +343,24 @@ def test_stem(self):
         fig, ax = plt.subplots()
         ax.stem(...)
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Test for step not written yet")
     @mpl.style.context("default")
     def test_step(self):
-        fig, ax = plt.subplots()
-        ax.step(...)
+        mpl.rcParams["date.converter"] = "concise"
+        limit = 5
+        fig, (ax1, ax2, ax3, ax4) = plt.subplots(4, 1, layout="constrained")
+
+        start_date = datetime.date(2023, 1, 1)
+        x_date = [start_date + datetime.timedelta(days=i) for i in range(1, limit)]
+        y_date = [start_date + datetime.timedelta(days=i) for i in range(1, limit)]
+        x_ranges = np.array(range(1, limit))
+        y_ranges = np.array(range(1, limit))
+
+        ax1.step(x_ranges, y_date, 'g', where='pre', label='pre')
+        ax2.step(x_date, y_ranges, 'b', where='mid', label='mid')
+        ax3.step(x_date, y_date, 'r', where='post', label='post')
+        ax4.step("date", "signal",
+                 data={"date": x_date, "signal": y_ranges},
+                 where='mid', label='mid')
 
     @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Test for streamplot not written yet")
     @mpl.style.context("default")