diff --git a/testsuite/tests/th/T5508.hs b/testsuite/tests/th/T5508.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee82e8ff9b871c7eec0f18b0c010360e2ca74ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/th/T5508.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+module T5508 where
+
+import Language.Haskell.TH
+
+thb = $(do { let x = mkName "x"
+                 v = return (LamE [VarP x] $ VarE x)
+           ; [| $v . id |] })
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/th/T5508.stderr b/testsuite/tests/th/T5508.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff0383da7a7ec2f3ad4913740d05c9d9bb39b168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/tests/th/T5508.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+T5508.hs:(7,9)-(9,28): Splicing expression
+    do { let x = mkName "x"
+             v = return (LamE [VarP x] $ VarE x);
+         [| $v . id |] }
+  ======>
+    ((\ x -> x) . id)
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/th/all.T b/testsuite/tests/th/all.T
index 9d588eb07ed420fa020d5151d81e18b999d86027..1adf31322716b57d6487517eb4e52cae4e5d82c6 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/th/all.T
+++ b/testsuite/tests/th/all.T
@@ -207,3 +207,4 @@ test('TH_lookupName',
 test('T5452', normal, compile, ['-v0'])
 test('T5434', extra_clean(['T5434a.hi','T5434a.o']), 
               multimod_compile, ['T5434','-v0 -Wall'])
+test('T5508', normal, compile, ['-v0 -ddump-splices'])