diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/compare/repeat-negative-coords.node b/testsuite/gsk/compare/repeat-negative-coords.node
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20d2b51234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/compare/repeat-negative-coords.node
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+repeat {
+  bounds: 0 0 20 10;
+
+  child: container {
+    color { color: blue; bounds: 0 5 10 10;}
+    color { color: red;  bounds: 0 10 10 10;}
+  }
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/compare/repeat-negative-coords.png b/testsuite/gsk/compare/repeat-negative-coords.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..127e85b6b3
Binary files /dev/null and b/testsuite/gsk/compare/repeat-negative-coords.png differ
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
index cf54b8961c..cf3a74b5c5 100644
--- a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ compare_render_tests = [
   'repeat',
   'repeat-texture',
   'repeat-no-repeat',
+  'repeat-negative-coords',
 ]
 
 # these are too sensitive to differences in the renderers