diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim
index 52cbeae..202bb58 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_expr.vim
@@ -2143,6 +2143,19 @@
   v9.CheckDefAndScriptFailure(['var x = "abc'], 'E114:', 1)
   v9.CheckDefAndScriptFailure(["var x = 'abc"], 'E115:', 1)
   v9.CheckDefFailure(["if 0", "echo 'xx", "endif"], 'E115', 2)
+
+  # interpolated string
+  var val = 'val'
+  var vv = $"some {val}"
+  assert_equal('some val', vv)
+  vv = $'other {val}'
+  assert_equal('other val', vv)
+
+  var x = 'x'
+  var vl = 'foo xxx bar xxx baz'
+              ->split($'x{x}x')
+              ->map((_, v: string) => v =~ 'bar')
+  assert_equal([false, true, false], vl)
 enddef
 
 def Test_expr8_vimvar()