diff --git a/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T5979.script b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T5979.script
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a233d3dac4f3a56962abd2b6cc2479a10e95f81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T5979.script
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+:set -XPackageImports
+import "nonexisting" Control.Monad.State
+import "mtl" Control.Monad.State
+import "mtl" Control.Monad.Reader
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T5979.stderr b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T5979.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..30bd30194f55d603611acaa3db8d96e7dba48d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T5979.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+<no location info>:
+    Could not find module `Control.Monad.State'
+    It is not a module in the current program, or in any known package.
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T5979.stdout b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/T5979.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/all.T b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/all.T
index a2efb2ada3058b56f561cad1b1c5a88900231585..b4541d644563d731a0899ee3d6e886ed801fa709 100755
--- a/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/all.T
+++ b/testsuite/tests/ghci/scripts/all.T
@@ -113,3 +113,4 @@ test('T5564', normal, ghci_script, ['T5564.script'])
 test('Defer02', normal, ghci_script, ['Defer02.script'])
 test('T5820', normal, ghci_script, ['T5820.script'])
 test('T5836', normal, ghci_script, ['T5836.script'])
+test('T5979', normal, ghci_script, ['T5979.script'])