diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_vim9_silent_echo.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_vim9_silent_echo.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5f7927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_vim9_silent_echo.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+| +0&#ffffff0@74
+|~+0#4040ff13&| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|~| @73
+|:+0#0000000&|a|b|c> @70
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
index c3236ff..761dd57 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_func.vim
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 source check.vim
 source view_util.vim
 source vim9.vim
+source screendump.vim
 
 func Test_def_basic()
   def SomeFunc(): string
@@ -903,5 +904,27 @@
   assert_equal('full', Line_continuation_in_def('.'))
 enddef
 
+def Test_silent_echo()
+  CheckScreendump
+
+  let lines =<< trim END
+    vim9script
+    def EchoNothing()
+      silent echo ''
+    enddef
+    defcompile
+  END
+  writefile(lines, 'XTest_silent_echo')
+
+  " Check that the balloon shows up after a mouse move
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S XTest_silent_echo', {'rows': 6})
+  term_sendkeys(buf, ":abc")
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_vim9_silent_echo', {})
+
+  " clean up
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+  call delete('XTest_silent_echo')
+enddef
+
 
 " vim: ts=8 sw=2 sts=2 expandtab tw=80 fdm=marker