diff --git a/test/requires.zep b/test/requires.zep
index 2c38e6ce61..c64320cb31 100644
--- a/test/requires.zep
+++ b/test/requires.zep
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ namespace Test;
 
 class Requires
 {
+	protected someVariable;
 
 	public function requireExternal1(var path)
 	{
@@ -15,4 +16,9 @@ class Requires
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	public function requireExternal3(var path)
+	{
+		this->someVariable = "test";
+		require path;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/unit-tests/Extension/RequiresTest.php b/unit-tests/Extension/RequiresTest.php
index 0a63ccd2c0..4a30d8c8da 100644
--- a/unit-tests/Extension/RequiresTest.php
+++ b/unit-tests/Extension/RequiresTest.php
@@ -19,12 +19,23 @@
 
 namespace Extension;
 
+use Test\Requires;
+
 class RequiresTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     public function testRequireExternal1()
     {
-        $r = new \Test\Requires();
+        $r = new Requires();
         $this->assertSame($r->requireExternal1(__DIR__ . '/php/require-me-1.php'), array(1, 2, 3));
         $this->assertTrue($r->requireExternal1(__DIR__ . '/php/require-me-2.php') && defined('REQUIRE_ME'));
     }
+
+    public function testRequireExternal3()
+    {
+        $r = new Requires();
+        ob_start();
+        $r->requireExternal3(__DIR__ . '/php/require-me-3.php');
+        $output = ob_get_clean();
+        $this->assertSame("test", $output);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/unit-tests/Extension/php/require-me-3.php b/unit-tests/Extension/php/require-me-3.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59d0fb3336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unit-tests/Extension/php/require-me-3.php
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?php
+echo $this->someVariable;