diff --git a/test/models/glTF2/RecursiveNodes/RecursiveNodes.gltf b/test/models/glTF2/RecursiveNodes/RecursiveNodes.gltf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11cf04166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/models/glTF2/RecursiveNodes/RecursiveNodes.gltf
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+    "asset": {
+        "version": "2.0"
+    },
+    "scene": 0,
+    "scenes": [
+        {
+            "nodes": [
+                0
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "nodes": [
+        {
+            "children": [
+                1
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "children": [
+                0
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/utglTF2ImportExport.cpp b/test/unit/utglTF2ImportExport.cpp
index 8b91577f6..07996306a 100644
--- a/test/unit/utglTF2ImportExport.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/utglTF2ImportExport.cpp
@@ -493,3 +493,9 @@ TEST_F(utglTF2ImportExport, texcoords) {
     EXPECT_EQ(aiGetMaterialInteger(material, AI_MATKEY_GLTF_TEXTURE_TEXCOORD(aiTextureType_UNKNOWN, 0), &uvIndex), aiReturn_SUCCESS);
     EXPECT_EQ(uvIndex, 1);
 }
+
+TEST_F(utglTF2ImportExport, recursive_nodes) {
+    Assimp::Importer importer;
+    const aiScene* scene = importer.ReadFile(ASSIMP_TEST_MODELS_DIR "/glTF2/RecursiveNodes/RecursiveNodes.gltf", aiProcess_ValidateDataStructure);
+    EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, scene);
+}