diff --git a/vector/v.out.ogr/main.c b/vector/v.out.ogr/main.c
index 788d27a3665..6a961c37a10 100644
--- a/vector/v.out.ogr/main.c
+++ b/vector/v.out.ogr/main.c
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                             inwkt = NULL;
                         }
                         proj_destroy(source_crs);
-                        Ogr_projection = NULL;
                         if (inwkt) {
                             char *inwkttmp = inwkt;
 
diff --git a/vector/v.out.ogr/testsuite/data/ESRI54052.wkt b/vector/v.out.ogr/testsuite/data/ESRI54052.wkt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9bfdc68b945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vector/v.out.ogr/testsuite/data/ESRI54052.wkt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+BOUNDCRS[
+    SOURCECRS[
+        PROJCRS["unknown",
+            BASEGEOGCRS["wgs84",
+                DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",
+                    ELLIPSOID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563,
+                        LENGTHUNIT["metre",1,
+                            ID["EPSG",9001]]]],
+                PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
+                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
+                    ID["EPSG",8901]]],
+            CONVERSION["unnamed",
+                METHOD["Interrupted Goode Homolosine"],
+                PARAMETER["Longitude of natural origin",0,
+                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433],
+                    ID["EPSG",8802]],
+                PARAMETER["False easting",0,
+                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
+                    ID["EPSG",8806]],
+                PARAMETER["False northing",0,
+                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1],
+                    ID["EPSG",8807]]],
+            CS[Cartesian,2],
+                AXIS["easting",east,
+                    ORDER[1],
+                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1,
+                        ID["EPSG",9001]]],
+                AXIS["northing",north,
+                    ORDER[2],
+                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1,
+                        ID["EPSG",9001]]]]],
+    TARGETCRS[
+        GEOGCRS["WGS 84",
+            DATUM["World Geodetic System 1984",
+                ELLIPSOID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,
+                    LENGTHUNIT["metre",1]]],
+            PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,
+                ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
+            CS[ellipsoidal,2],
+                AXIS["latitude",north,
+                    ORDER[1],
+                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
+                AXIS["longitude",east,
+                    ORDER[2],
+                    ANGLEUNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
+            ID["EPSG",4326]]],
+    ABRIDGEDTRANSFORMATION["Transformation from wgs84 to WGS84",
+        METHOD["Position Vector transformation (geog2D domain)",
+            ID["EPSG",9606]],
+        PARAMETER["X-axis translation",0,
+            ID["EPSG",8605]],
+        PARAMETER["Y-axis translation",0,
+            ID["EPSG",8606]],
+        PARAMETER["Z-axis translation",0,
+            ID["EPSG",8607]],
+        PARAMETER["X-axis rotation",0,
+            ID["EPSG",8608]],
+        PARAMETER["Y-axis rotation",0,
+            ID["EPSG",8609]],
+        PARAMETER["Z-axis rotation",0,
+            ID["EPSG",8610]],
+        PARAMETER["Scale difference",1,
+            ID["EPSG",8611]]]]
diff --git a/vector/v.out.ogr/testsuite/test_v_out_ogr.py b/vector/v.out.ogr/testsuite/test_v_out_ogr.py
index d269ccff606..53ac0270a74 100644
--- a/vector/v.out.ogr/testsuite/test_v_out_ogr.py
+++ b/vector/v.out.ogr/testsuite/test_v_out_ogr.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 """
 
 from pathlib import Path
+from shutil import rmtree
+import grass.script as gs
 from grass.gunittest.case import TestCase
 
 
@@ -15,6 +17,15 @@ class TestOgrExport(TestCase):
     # Result of import tests
     temp_import = "test_ogr_import_map"
 
+    # Temporary location
+    temp_location = "temp_location"
+
+    # Temporary Homolosine map
+    temp_54052 = "temp_rand.gpkg"
+
+    # Temporary environment file
+    session_file = ""
+
     # Column on which to test v.univar
     univar_col = "PERIMETER"
 
@@ -48,11 +59,24 @@ def tearDownClass(cls):
         cls.del_temp_region()
 
     def tearDown(self):
+
+        # Remove maps in temp mapset
         self.runModule(
             "g.remove", type="vector", flags="f", pattern=f"{self.temp_import}*"
         )
+        # Remove temporary files
         for p in Path().glob(f"{self.test_map}*"):
             p.unlink()
+        for p in Path().glob(f"{self.temp_54052}*"):
+            p.unlink()
+        if len(self.session_file) > 0:
+            Path(self.session_file).unlink()
+
+        # Remove temporary location
+        env = gs.parse_command("g.gisenv")
+        # Quotes and separator in environment variable string must be removed
+        dbase = env["GISDBASE"].replace("'", "").replace(";", "")
+        rmtree(f"{dbase}/{self.temp_location}", ignore_errors=True)
 
     def test_gpkg_format(self):
         """Tests output to GeoPackage format"""
@@ -108,6 +132,38 @@ def test_shp_format(self):
             precision=1e-8,
         )
 
+    def test_no_epsg_crs(self):
+        """Tests output from a location/project lacking an EPSG code"""
+
+        # Record original location to use corect GISDBASE
+        env_orig = gs.parse_command("g.gisenv")
+
+        # Create new location with CRS without EPSG code
+        gs.run_command(
+            "g.proj", wkt="data/ESRI54052.wkt", project=self.temp_location, flags="c"
+        )
+
+        # Create new session to avoid temporary region
+        # Quotes and separator in environment variable string must be removed
+        self.session_file, env_new = gs.core.create_environment(
+            env_orig["GISDBASE"].replace("'", "").replace(";", ""),
+            self.temp_location,
+            "PERMANENT",
+        )
+
+        # Creates a random layer to test output
+        gs.run_command("v.random", output="temp_rand", npoints=3, env=env_new)
+
+        # Test output of a vector with non-EPSG CRS
+        gs.run_command(
+            "v.out.ogr",
+            input="temp_rand",
+            output=self.temp_54052,
+            format="GPKG",
+            dsco="a_srs=ESRI:54052",
+            env=env_new,
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     from grass.gunittest.main import test