diff --git a/hyprtester/src/tests/main/scroll.cpp b/hyprtester/src/tests/main/scroll.cpp
index d13ef09a6..1bd726574 100644
--- a/hyprtester/src/tests/main/scroll.cpp
+++ b/hyprtester/src/tests/main/scroll.cpp
@@ -993,3 +993,52 @@ TEST_CASE(testScrollingViewBehaviourFullscreen) {
     ASSERT(Tests::windowCount(), 0);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE(testScrollingViewBehaviourMoveFocusFollowFocusFalse) {
+
+
+    /*
+     dispatching movefocus when follow_focus = false should not cause scrolling view to move
+     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    */
+
+    NLog::log("{}Testing scrolling view behaviour: movefocus does not cause scrolling view to move if follow_focus = false", Colors::GREEN);
+
+    OK(getFromSocket("r/eval hl.config({ general = { layout = 'scrolling' } })"));
+
+    // ensure variables are correctly set for the test
+    OK(getFromSocket("/eval hl.config({scrolling = {follow_focus = false}})"));
+
+    if (!Tests::spawnKitty("a")) {
+        FAIL_TEST("{}Failed to spawn kitty with win class `a`", Colors::RED);
+    }
+
+    OK(getFromSocket("/dispatch hl.dsp.layout('colresize 0.8')"));
+
+    if (!Tests::spawnKitty("b")) {
+        FAIL_TEST("{}Failed to spawn kitty with win class `b`", Colors::RED);
+    }
+
+    // we expect that after dispatching this, scrolling view must not have moved
+    OK(getFromSocket("/dispatch hl.dsp.focus({direction = 'left'})"));
+
+    // If the scrolling view did not move, class:a window's x coordinate for its `at:` value should be < 0.
+    const std::string currentWindowPos  = Tests::getWindowAttribute(getFromSocket("/activewindow"), "at:");
+    const std::string currentWindowPosX = currentWindowPos.substr(4, currentWindowPos.find(',') - 4);
+    // test pass
+    if (std::stoi(currentWindowPosX) < 0) {
+        NLog::log("{}Passed: {}window of class 'a' has negative x coordinates for its position: {}", Colors ::GREEN, Colors::RESET, currentWindowPosX);
+    }
+    // test fail
+    else {
+        FAIL_TEST("{}Failed: {}window of class 'a' does not have negative x coordinates for its position: {}", Colors::RED, Colors::RESET, currentWindowPosX);
+    }
+
+    // clean up
+
+    // kill all windows
+    NLog::log("{}Killing all windows", Colors::YELLOW);
+    Tests::killAllWindows();
+    EXPECT(Tests::windowCount(), 0);
+
+
+}