diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/indexing/test_setitem.py b/pandas/tests/series/indexing/test_setitem.py
index 4f00f9c931d6a..4ed7510a1d9e1 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/indexing/test_setitem.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/indexing/test_setitem.py
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ def test_setitem_boolean_different_order(self, string_series):
 
         tm.assert_series_equal(copy, expected)
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("func", [list, np.array, Series])
+    def test_setitem_boolean_python_list(self, func):
+        # GH19406
+        ser = Series([None, "b", None])
+        mask = func([True, False, True])
+        ser[mask] = ["a", "c"]
+        expected = Series(["a", "b", "c"])
+        tm.assert_series_equal(ser, expected)
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("value", [None, NaT, np.nan])
     def test_setitem_boolean_td64_values_cast_na(self, value):
         # GH#18586