diff --git a/gensim/test/test_utils_any2vec.py b/gensim/test/test_utils_any2vec.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Radim Rehurek <me@radimrehurek.com>
+# Licensed under the GNU LGPL v2.1 - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
+
+"""
+Automated tests for checking utild_any2vec functionality.
+"""
+
+import logging
+import unittest
+
+import numpy as np
+
+import gensim.utils
+import gensim.test.utils
+
+import gensim.models.utils_any2vec
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def save_dict_to_word2vec_formated_file(fname, word2vec_dict):
+
+    with gensim.utils.open(fname, "bw") as f:
+
+        num_words = len(word2vec_dict)
+        vector_length = len(list(word2vec_dict.values())[0])
+
+        header = "%d %d\n" % (num_words, vector_length)
+        f.write(header.encode(encoding="ascii"))
+
+        for word, vector in word2vec_dict.items():
+            f.write(word.encode())
+            f.write(' '.encode())
+            f.write(np.array(vector).astype(np.float32).tobytes())
+
+
+class LoadWord2VecFormatTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def assert_dict_equal_to_model(self, d, m):
+        self.assertEqual(len(d), len(m.vocab))
+
+        for word in d.keys():
+            self.assertSequenceEqual(list(d[word]), list(m[word]))
+
+    def verify_load2vec_binary_result(self, w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size, limit):
+        tmpfile = gensim.test.utils.get_tmpfile("tmp_w2v")
+        save_dict_to_word2vec_formated_file(tmpfile, w2v_dict)
+        w2v_model = \
+            gensim.models.utils_any2vec._load_word2vec_format(
+                cls=gensim.models.KeyedVectors,
+                fname=tmpfile,
+                binary=True,
+                limit=limit,
+                binary_chunk_size=binary_chunk_size)
+
+        w2v_dict_truncated = w2v_dict
+        if limit is not None:
+            w2v_keys_truncated = list(w2v_dict.keys())[:limit]
+            w2v_dict_truncated = {k: w2v_dict[k] for k in w2v_keys_truncated}
+
+        self.assert_dict_equal_to_model(w2v_dict_truncated, w2v_model)
+
+    def test_load_word2vec_format_basic(self):
+        w2v_dict = {"abc": [1, 2, 3],
+                    "cde": [4, 5, 6],
+                    "def": [7, 8, 9]}
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=5, limit=None)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=16, limit=None)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=1024, limit=None)
+
+        w2v_dict = {"abc": [1, 2, 3],
+                    "cdefg": [4, 5, 6],
+                    "d": [7, 8, 9]}
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=5, limit=None)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=16, limit=None)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=1024, limit=None)
+
+    def test_load_word2vec_format_limit(self):
+        w2v_dict = {"abc": [1, 2, 3],
+                    "cde": [4, 5, 6],
+                    "def": [7, 8, 9]}
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=5, limit=1)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=16, limit=1)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=1024, limit=1)
+
+        w2v_dict = {"abc": [1, 2, 3],
+                    "cde": [4, 5, 6],
+                    "def": [7, 8, 9]}
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=5, limit=2)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=16, limit=2)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=1024, limit=2)
+
+        w2v_dict = {"abc": [1, 2, 3],
+                    "cdefg": [4, 5, 6],
+                    "d": [7, 8, 9]}
+
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=5, limit=1)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=16, limit=1)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=1024, limit=1)
+
+        w2v_dict = {"abc": [1, 2, 3],
+                    "cdefg": [4, 5, 6],
+                    "d": [7, 8, 9]}
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=5, limit=2)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=16, limit=2)
+        self.verify_load2vec_binary_result(w2v_dict, binary_chunk_size=1024, limit=2)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s : %(levelname)s : %(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG)
+    unittest.main()