diff --git a/language/test/memoized.ceylon b/language/test/memoized.ceylon
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf2eb0ed90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/language/test/memoized.ceylon
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+class Memoized() {
+    variable value i = 0;
+    shared late Integer memoized = ++i;
+}
+variable Integer memoized_i = 0;
+shared late Integer memoized_1 = ++memoized_i;
+shared late Integer memoized_2 = ++memoized_i;
+
+@test
+shared void memoized() {
+    variable value m = Memoized();
+    check(1 == m.memoized);
+    check(1 == m.memoized);
+    try {
+        m.memoized = -100;
+        throw;
+    } catch (InitializationError e) {}
+    
+    m = Memoized();
+    m.memoized = -100;
+    check(-100 == m.memoized);
+    check(-100 == m.memoized);
+    try {
+        m.memoized = -200;
+        throw;
+    } catch (InitializationError e) {}
+    
+    check(1 == memoized_1);
+    check(1 == memoized_1);
+    try {
+        memoized_1 = -100;
+        throw;
+    } catch (InitializationError e) {}
+    
+    memoized_2 = -100;
+    check(-100 == memoized_2);
+    check(-100 == memoized_2);
+    try {
+        memoized_2 = -200;
+        throw;
+    } catch (InitializationError e) {}
+}
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diff --git a/language/test/run.ceylon b/language/test/run.ceylon
index dd27e4cb334..8769f340170 100644
--- a/language/test/run.ceylon
+++ b/language/test/run.ceylon
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ void runTests() {
     characters();
     print("Strings");
     strings();
+    print("Memoized");
+    memoized();
     print("Lists");
     lists();
     print("Sequences");