diff --git a/tests/wplua/meson.build b/tests/wplua/meson.build
index 0e5ab11d..94d2f62b 100644
--- a/tests/wplua/meson.build
+++ b/tests/wplua/meson.build
@@ -55,3 +55,9 @@ test(
   args: ['settings.lua'],
   env: common_env,
 )
+test(
+  'test-lua-event-hooks',
+  script_tester,
+  args: ['event-hooks.lua'],
+  env: common_env,
+)
diff --git a/tests/wplua/scripts/event-hooks.lua b/tests/wplua/scripts/event-hooks.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71a82e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wplua/scripts/event-hooks.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+Script.async_activation = true
+
+local tags = {}
+
+local function checkpoint(tag)
+  Log.info("at " .. tag)
+  table.insert(tags, tag)
+end
+
+local function check_results()
+  local i = 0
+  local function inc()
+    i = i+1
+    return i
+  end
+
+  assert(tags[inc()] == "simple-1")
+  assert(tags[inc()] == "async-start")
+  assert(tags[inc()] == "async-start-advance")
+  assert(tags[inc()] == "async-step2")
+  assert(tags[inc()] == "simple-2")
+end
+
+local common_interests = {
+  Interest {
+    type = "event",
+    Constraint { "event.type", "=", "test-event" },
+  },
+}
+
+AsyncEventHook {
+  priority = 10,
+  type = "on-event",
+  interests = common_interests,
+  steps = {
+    start = {
+      next = "step2",
+      execute = function (event, transition)
+        checkpoint("async-start")
+        Core.idle_add(function ()
+          checkpoint("async-start-advance")
+          transition:advance()
+          return false
+        end)
+      end,
+    },
+    step2 = {
+      next = "none",
+      execute = function (event, transition)
+        checkpoint("async-step2")
+        transition:advance()
+      end,
+    },
+  },
+}:register()
+
+SimpleEventHook {
+  priority = 15,
+  type = "on-event",
+  interests = common_interests,
+  execute = function (event)
+    checkpoint("simple-1")
+  end
+}:register()
+
+SimpleEventHook {
+  priority = 1,
+  type = "after-events",
+  interests = common_interests,
+  execute = function (event)
+    checkpoint("simple-2")
+    check_results()
+    Script:finish_activation()
+  end
+}:register()
+
+EventDispatcher.push_event { type = "test-event", priority = 1 }