diff --git a/test/CodeGen/EVM/runtime_tests/simple_test_7.ll b/test/CodeGen/EVM/runtime_tests/simple_test_7.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0da2427c22893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CodeGen/EVM/runtime_tests/simple_test_7.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+;; simple comparison
+define i256 @abcd(i256 %a, i256 %b) {
+entry:
+  %0 = alloca i256
+  %1 = icmp ugt i256 %a, %b
+  br i1 %1, label %true, label %false
+
+true:
+  store i256 %a, i256* %0
+  br label %finally
+
+false:
+  store i256 %b, i256* %0
+  br label %finally
+
+finally:
+  %2 = load i256, i256* %0
+  ret i256 %2
+}
+
diff --git a/tools/evm-test/evm_test.py b/tools/evm-test/evm_test.py
index 090450bf7666c..a6851dcd81c16 100755
--- a/tools/evm-test/evm_test.py
+++ b/tools/evm-test/evm_test.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 template_x_1 = """
 Start:
+    PUSH2 0x100
+    PUSH1 0x40
+    MSTORE
     PUSH1 Return
     ${pushes}
     PUSH2 Function
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@
 
 template_x_0 = """
 Start:
+    PUSH2 0x100
+    PUSH1 0x40
+    MSTORE
     PUSH1 Return
     ${pushes}
     PUSH2 Function
@@ -201,6 +207,10 @@ def run_string_input(name: str, inputs: List[str], output: str, function: str) -
     "input":  ["0x12345678", "0x87654321"],
     "output": "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012345678",
   },
+  "simple_test_7.ll" : {
+    "input":  ["0x12345678", "0x87654321"],
+    "output": "0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000087654321",
+  },
 }
 
 def assembly_tests() -> List[str]: