diff --git a/tests/various/.gitignore b/tests/various/.gitignore
index 7b3e8c68e..31078b298 100644
--- a/tests/various/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/various/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /*.log
 /*.out
+/write_gzip.v
+/write_gzip.v.gz
diff --git a/tests/various/write_gzip.ys b/tests/various/write_gzip.ys
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..030ec318e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/various/write_gzip.ys
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+read -vlog2k <<EOT
+module top(input a, output y);
+assign y = !a;
+endmodule
+EOT
+
+prep -top top
+write_verilog write_gzip.v.gz
+design -reset
+
+! rm -f write_gzip.v
+! gunzip write_gzip.v.gz
+read -vlog2k write_gzip.v
+! rm -f write_gzip.v
+hierarchy -top top
+select -assert-any top