diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_lua.cpp b/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_lua.cpp
index ebfb76eee1..76d430b440 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_lua.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_lua.cpp
@@ -51,10 +51,26 @@ return {
 }
 )X");
 
+    std::string genBigScript()
+    {
+        std::stringstream buf;
+        buf << "return function()\n";
+        buf << "  x = {}\n";
+        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
+            buf << "  x[" << i * 2 << "] = " << i << "\n";
+        buf << "  return x\n";
+        buf << "end\n";
+        return buf.str();
+    }
+
+    TestingOpenMW::VFSTestFile bigScriptFile(genBigScript());
+    TestingOpenMW::VFSTestFile requireBigScriptFile("local x = require('big') ; return {x}");
+
     struct LuaStateTest : Test
     {
         std::unique_ptr<VFS::Manager> mVFS = TestingOpenMW::createTestVFS({ { "aaa/counter.lua", &counterFile },
-            { "bbb/tests.lua", &testsFile }, { "invalid.lua", &invalidScriptFile } });
+            { "bbb/tests.lua", &testsFile }, { "invalid.lua", &invalidScriptFile }, { "big.lua", &bigScriptFile },
+            { "requireBig.lua", &requireBigScriptFile } });
 
         LuaUtil::ScriptsConfiguration mCfg;
         LuaUtil::LuaState mLua{ mVFS.get(), &mCfg };
@@ -172,4 +188,22 @@ return {
         EXPECT_THAT(LuaUtil::getLuaVersion(), HasSubstr("Lua"));
     }
 
+    TEST_F(LuaStateTest, RemovedScriptsGarbageCollecting)
+    {
+        auto getMem = [&] {
+            for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
+                lua_gc(mLua.sol(), LUA_GCCOLLECT, 0);
+            return mLua.getTotalMemoryUsage();
+        };
+        int64_t memWithScript;
+        {
+            sol::object s = mLua.runInNewSandbox("requireBig.lua");
+            memWithScript = getMem();
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) // run many times to make small memory leaks visible
+            mLua.runInNewSandbox("requireBig.lua");
+        int64_t memWithoutScript = getMem();
+        // At this moment all instances of the script should be garbage-collected.
+        EXPECT_LT(memWithoutScript, memWithScript);
+    }
 }