diff --git a/build-aux/check-mes.sh b/build-aux/check-mes.sh
index b6f92b7a..7b0c08fa 100755
--- a/build-aux/check-mes.sh
+++ b/build-aux/check-mes.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ tests/boot.test
 tests/read.test
 tests/srfi-0.test
 tests/macro.test
+tests/gc.test
 tests/perform.test
 tests/base.test
 tests/quasiquote.test
diff --git a/scaffold/gc-test.scm b/tests/gc.test
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 77%
rename from scaffold/gc-test.scm
rename to tests/gc.test
index c6a23619..bdd1002d
--- a/scaffold/gc-test.scm
+++ b/tests/gc.test
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# -*-scheme-*-
+MES_ARENA=10000
+MES_MAX_ARENA=$MES_ARENA
+export MES_ARENA
+export MES_MAX_ARENA
+if [ "$MES" != guile ]; then
+    MES_BOOT=$0 exec ${MES-mes}
+fi
+exec ${MES-mes} --no-auto-compile -L ${0%/*} -L module -C module -e '(tests boot)' -s "$0" "$@"
+!#
+
 ;;; GNU Mes --- Maxwell Equations of Software
 ;;; Copyright © 2018,2019 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 ;;;