diff --git a/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T16563.script b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T16563.script
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ce8711aeced2120206b456993f2819e28b6a438e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T16563.script
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+putStrLn "hello world"
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T16563.stdout b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T16563.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9a71f81a4b4754b686fd37cbb3c72d0250d344aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T16563.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+hello world
+
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/all.T b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/all.T
index db619c142bb0159d36a24f8dcffc9ca9f85d79dc..c388cdc5888f6da54b337fbf31f36e7395cc9048 100755
--- a/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/all.T
+++ b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/all.T
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@ test('T16089', normal, ghci_script, ['T16089.script'])
 test('T14828', normal, ghci_script, ['T14828.script'])
 test('T16376', normal, ghci_script, ['T16376.script'])
 test('T16527', normal, ghci_script, ['T16527.script'])
+test('T16563', extra_hc_opts("-clear-package-db -global-package-db"), ghci_script, ['T16563.script'])
 test('T16569', normal, ghci_script, ['T16569.script'])
 test('T16767', normal, ghci_script, ['T16767.script'])