--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use lib 't/lib';
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Fatal;
+
+use Package::Stash;
+
+my $stash = Package::Stash->new('Foo');
+# this segfaulted on the xs version
+like(
+ exception { $stash->add_symbol('@bar::baz') },
+ qr/^Variable names may not contain ::/,
+ "can't add symbol with ::"
+);
+like(
+ exception { $stash->get_symbol('@bar::baz') },
+ qr/^Variable names may not contain ::/,
+ "can't add symbol with ::"
+);
+like(
+ exception { $stash->get_or_add_symbol('@bar::baz') },
+ qr/^Variable names may not contain ::/,
+ "can't add symbol with ::"
+);
+
+done_testing;