diff --git a/tests/unit/scripting.tcl b/tests/unit/scripting.tcl
index 922177ef..125476e9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/scripting.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/scripting.tcl
@@ -339,6 +339,14 @@ start_server {tags {"scripting"}} {
             return redis.call('lrange','mylist',0,-1)
         } 0
     } {1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100}
+
+    test {Number conversion precision test (issue #1118)} {
+        r eval {
+              local value = 9007199254740991
+              redis.call("set","foo",value)
+              return redis.call("get","foo")
+        } 0
+    } {9007199254740991}
 }
 
 # Start a new server since the last test in this stanza will kill the