diff --git a/collects/meta/props b/collects/meta/props
index f002d64de9..f731dac699 100755
--- a/collects/meta/props
+++ b/collects/meta/props
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ path/s is either such a string or a list of them.
 "collects/tests/data" responsible (ryanc)
 "collects/tests/datalog" responsible (jay)
 "collects/tests/db" responsible (ryanc)
+"collects/tests/db/programs/sl-gc-crash.rkt" drdr:command-line #f
 "collects/tests/db/programs/web-test.rkt" drdr:command-line #f
 "collects/tests/deinprogramm" responsible (sperber)
 "collects/tests/drracket" responsible (robby) drdr:random #t
diff --git a/collects/tests/db/programs/sl-gc-crash.rkt b/collects/tests/db/programs/sl-gc-crash.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18db92e8a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/tests/db/programs/sl-gc-crash.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#lang racket
+(require ffi/unsafe/define
+         ffi/unsafe)
+
+#|
+Open this program in DrRacket.
+Click Run and then eval (collect-garbage) in the interaction area.
+Repeat a few times, and eventually DrRacket will crash with a
+segmentation fault.
+
+No crash in 5.1, 5.1.1
+Crashes in 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.3, 5.3.1.1
+
+git bisect says introduced here: 2ada6d0e89a763f3b8523a87e580b1ffb25430eb
+|#
+
+;; NOTE: make sure file exists by running "touch $filename"
+(define filename #"/tmp/my.db")
+
+;; set NEXT-STMT? for another variation of the test, which does actually
+;; seem to invoke the proper function, unlike sqlite3_close (???)
+(define NEXT-STMT? #f)
+
+(define-ffi-definer define-sqlite
+  (ffi-lib "libsqlite3" '("0" #f)))
+
+(define-cpointer-type _sqlite3_database)
+(define-cpointer-type _sqlite3_statement)
+
+(define SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE #x00000002)
+
+(define-sqlite sqlite3_open_v2
+  (_fun (filename flags) ::
+        (filename : _bytes)
+        (db : (_ptr o _sqlite3_database))
+        (flags : _int)
+        (vfs : _pointer = #f)
+        -> (result : _int)
+        -> (values db result)))
+
+(define-sqlite sqlite3_close
+  (_fun _sqlite3_database
+        -> _int))
+
+(define-sqlite sqlite3_next_stmt
+  (_fun _sqlite3_database _sqlite3_statement/null -> _sqlite3_statement/null))
+
+(define c%
+  (class object%
+    (super-new)
+
+    (define-values (db status)
+      (sqlite3_open_v2 filename SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE))
+
+    (unless (zero? status)
+      (eprintf "open got ~s\n" status))
+
+    (define/public (finalize!)
+      (when NEXT-STMT? (sqlite3_next_stmt db #f))
+      (sqlite3_close db))
+    ))
+
+(define p (new c%))
+(register-finalizer p (lambda (v) (send v finalize!)))