diff --git a/test-suite/ChangeLog b/test-suite/ChangeLog
index c1b395a9a..71eab5aba 100644
--- a/test-suite/ChangeLog
+++ b/test-suite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-11-03  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
+
+	* tests/gc.test:  Added.
+
 2000-10-30  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 
 	* tests/strings.test:  string=? is fixed.
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/gc.test b/test-suite/tests/gc.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c997320e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-suite/tests/gc.test
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+;;;; gc.test --- test guile's garbage collection    -*- scheme -*-
+;;;; Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;;
+;;;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;;;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+;;;; any later version.
+;;;;
+;;;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;;;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;;
+;;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;;; along with this software; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+;;;; the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
+;;;; Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+;;;;
+;;;; As a special exception, the Free Software Foundation gives permission
+;;;; for additional uses of the text contained in its release of GUILE.
+;;;;
+;;;; The exception is that, if you link the GUILE library with other files
+;;;; to produce an executable, this does not by itself cause the
+;;;; resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+;;;; Your use of that executable is in no way restricted on account of
+;;;; linking the GUILE library code into it.
+;;;;
+;;;; This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why
+;;;; the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+;;;;
+;;;; This exception applies only to the code released by the
+;;;; Free Software Foundation under the name GUILE.  If you copy
+;;;; code from other Free Software Foundation releases into a copy of
+;;;; GUILE, as the General Public License permits, the exception does
+;;;; not apply to the code that you add in this way.  To avoid misleading
+;;;; anyone as to the status of such modified files, you must delete
+;;;; this exception notice from them.
+;;;;
+;;;; If you write modifications of your own for GUILE, it is your choice
+;;;; whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications.
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+
+(use-modules (ice-9 documentation))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; miscellaneous
+;;;
+
+
+(define (documented? object)
+  (object-documentation object))
+
+
+;;;
+;;; 
+;;;
+
+(with-test-prefix "gc"
+
+  (pass-if "after-gc-hook gets called"
+    (let* ((foo #f)
+	   (thunk (lambda () (set! foo #t))))
+      (add-hook! after-gc-hook thunk)
+      (gc)
+      (remove-hook! after-gc-hook thunk)
+      foo)))