diff --git a/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim b/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim
index ff6d695..6043ed9 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim
@@ -590,4 +590,9 @@
   unlet g:gvar
 endfunc
 
+func Test_deep_recursion()
+  " this was running out of stack
+  call assert_fails("exe 'if ' .. repeat('(', 1002)", 'E1169: Expression too recursive: ((')
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab