diff --git a/test/max_listeners.js b/test/max_listeners.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5edfb153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/max_listeners.js
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+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+var ps = spawn(process.execPath, [ __dirname + '/max_listeners/source.js' ]);
+ps.stdout.pipe(process.stdout, { end : false });
+
+ps.stderr.on('data', function (buf) {
+    console.log('not ok ' + buf);
+});
diff --git a/test/max_listeners/source.js b/test/max_listeners/source.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..839a3275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/max_listeners/source.js
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+var test = require('../../');
+
+for (var i = 0; i < 11; i ++) {
+    test(function (t) { t.end() });
+}