diff --git a/src/testdir/test_edit.vim b/src/testdir/test_edit.vim
index 9caa931..1b00ae9 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_edit.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_edit.vim
@@ -2064,6 +2064,16 @@
   bwipe!
 endfunc
 
+" Test "gr" followed by an Insert mode command does get out of Insert mode.
+func Test_edit_gr_special()
+  enew
+  call setline(1, ['abcdef', 'xxxxxx'])
+  exe "normal! gr\<C-O>x"
+  call assert_equal('bcdef', getline(1))
+
+  bwipe!
+endfunc
+
 " Weird long file name was going over the end of NameBuff
 func Test_edit_overlong_file_name()
   CheckUnix