diff --git a/src/test/java/org/luaj/vm/LuaJTest.java b/src/test/java/org/luaj/vm/LuaJTest.java
index 384f0b31..1cad9f70 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/luaj/vm/LuaJTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/luaj/vm/LuaJTest.java
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ public class LuaJTest extends TestCase {
                 runTest( "errors" );
         }
 
-        public void testLoops() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        public void testHugeTable() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+            runTest( "hugetable" );
+        }
+
+       public void testLoops() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
                 runTest( "loops" );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/res/hugetable.lua b/src/test/res/hugetable.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce12f905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/res/hugetable.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+-- test table with more than 50 non-sequential integer elements
+local t = { 
+	[2000]='a',	[2001]='b', [2002]='c', [2003]='d', [2004]='e', [2005]='f', [2006]='g', [2007]='h', [2008]='i', [2009]='j',
+	[3000]='a',	[3001]='b', [3002]='c', [3003]='d', [3004]='e', [3005]='f', [3006]='g', [3007]='h', [3008]='i', [3009]='j',
+ 	[4000]='a',	[4001]='b', [4002]='c', [4003]='d', [4004]='e', [4005]='f', [4006]='g', [4007]='h', [4008]='i', [4009]='j',
+ 	[5000]='a',	[5001]='b', [5002]='c', [5003]='d', [5004]='e', [5005]='f', [5006]='g', [5007]='h', [5008]='i', [5009]='j',
+ 	[6000]='a',	[6001]='b', [6002]='c', [6003]='d', [6004]='e', [6005]='f', [6006]='g', [6007]='h', [6008]='i', [6009]='j',
+ 	[7000]='a',	[7001]='b', [7002]='c', [7003]='d', [7004]='e', [7005]='f', [7006]='g', [7007]='h', [7008]='i', [7009]='j',
+ 	[8000]='a',	[8001]='b', [8002]='c', [8003]='d', [8004]='e', [8005]='f', [8006]='g', [8007]='h', [8008]='i', [8009]='j',
+}
+
+for i=2000,8000,1000 do
+	for j=0,9,1 do
+		print( 't['..tostring(i+j)..']', t[i+j] )
+	end
+end
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