diff --git a/tests/template/template_test.php b/tests/template/template_test.php
index b81a2a6152..6ac2f77a2c 100644
--- a/tests/template/template_test.php
+++ b/tests/template/template_test.php
@@ -265,6 +265,20 @@ class phpbb_template_template_test extends phpbb_test_case
 				array(),
 				"{ VARIABLE }\nValue'",
 			),
+			array(
+				'loop_nested_multilevel_ref.html',
+				array(),
+				array(),
+				array(),
+				"top-level content",
+			),
+			array(
+				'loop_nested_multilevel_ref.html',
+				array(),
+				array('outer' => array(array('VARIABLE' => 'x'), array('VARIABLE' => 'y')), 'outer.inner' => array(array('VARIABLE' => 'z'), array('VARIABLE' => 'zz'))),
+				array(),
+				"top-level content",
+			),
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/template/templates/loop_nested_multilevel_ref.html b/tests/template/templates/loop_nested_multilevel_ref.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00a199caee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template/templates/loop_nested_multilevel_ref.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+top-level content
+<!-- BEGIN outer -->
+	outer content
+	<!-- BEGIN inner -->
+		inner content
+		<!-- IF outer.inner.S_FIRST_ROW -->
+			first row
+		<!-- ENDIF -->
+	<!-- END inner -->
+<!-- END outer -->