diff --git a/src/test/java/org/luaj/vm/LuaJTest.java b/src/test/java/org/luaj/vm/LuaJTest.java
index 6daef14c..88d48ec5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/luaj/vm/LuaJTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/luaj/vm/LuaJTest.java
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ public class LuaJTest extends TestCase {
 		runTest( "test8" );
 	}
 
+	public void testArgtypes() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+		runTest( "argtypes" );
+	}
+
 	public void testAutoload() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 		runTest( "autoload" );
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/res/argtypes.lua b/src/test/res/argtypes.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4117819d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/res/argtypes.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+-- object ids
+package.path = "?.lua;src/test/res/?.lua"
+require 'ids'
+
+local names = {
+	string= { sub=2, },
+	math= { ceil=1, floor=1 },
+	table={ insert=2, remove=2 },
+}
+
+local args = { 'str', 123, {}, function() end, print, nil }
+
+local globals = _G
+local ipairs = ipairs
+local pairs = pairs
+
+local function f( pkg, name, count ) 
+	print( '-----'..pkg..'.'..name..'-----' )
+	if not globals[pkg] then
+		print( 'package not found: '..pkg )
+		return
+	end
+	if not globals[pkg][name] then
+		print( 'function not found: '..pkg..'.'..name )
+		return
+	end
+	local function g( ... )
+		return globals[pkg][name](...)
+	end
+	print( pcall( g ) )
+	if count > 0 then
+		for i,arg1 in ipairs(args) do
+			print( pcall( g, arg1 ) )
+			if count > 1 then
+				for j,arg2 in ipairs(args) do
+					print( pcall( g, arg1, arg2 ) )
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+function sortedkeys(t)
+	local list = {}
+	for k,v in pairs(t) do
+		table.insert(list,k)
+	end
+	table.sort(list)
+	return list
+end
+for j,pkg in ipairs(sortedkeys(names)) do
+	local t = names[pkg]
+	for i,name in ipairs(sortedkeys(t)) do
+		local nargs = t[name]
+		f( pkg, name, nargs )
+	end
+end
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