diff --git a/runners/test_runner.c b/runners/test_runner.c
index ff526730..37cd1e7d 100644
--- a/runners/test_runner.c
+++ b/runners/test_runner.c
@@ -1347,6 +1347,7 @@ static void run_powerloss_none(
         .cache_size         = CACHE_SIZE,
         .lookahead_size     = LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,
         .compact_thresh     = COMPACT_THRESH,
+        .metadata_max       = METADATA_MAX,
         .inline_max         = INLINE_MAX,
     #ifdef LFS_MULTIVERSION
         .disk_version       = DISK_VERSION,
@@ -1425,6 +1426,7 @@ static void run_powerloss_linear(
         .cache_size         = CACHE_SIZE,
         .lookahead_size     = LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,
         .compact_thresh     = COMPACT_THRESH,
+        .metadata_max       = METADATA_MAX,
         .inline_max         = INLINE_MAX,
     #ifdef LFS_MULTIVERSION
         .disk_version       = DISK_VERSION,
@@ -1520,6 +1522,7 @@ static void run_powerloss_log(
         .cache_size         = CACHE_SIZE,
         .lookahead_size     = LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,
         .compact_thresh     = COMPACT_THRESH,
+        .metadata_max       = METADATA_MAX,
         .inline_max         = INLINE_MAX,
     #ifdef LFS_MULTIVERSION
         .disk_version       = DISK_VERSION,
@@ -1613,6 +1616,7 @@ static void run_powerloss_cycles(
         .cache_size         = CACHE_SIZE,
         .lookahead_size     = LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,
         .compact_thresh     = COMPACT_THRESH,
+        .metadata_max       = METADATA_MAX,
         .inline_max         = INLINE_MAX,
     #ifdef LFS_MULTIVERSION
         .disk_version       = DISK_VERSION,
@@ -1804,6 +1808,7 @@ static void run_powerloss_exhaustive(
         .cache_size         = CACHE_SIZE,
         .lookahead_size     = LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,
         .compact_thresh     = COMPACT_THRESH,
+        .metadata_max       = METADATA_MAX,
         .inline_max         = INLINE_MAX,
     #ifdef LFS_MULTIVERSION
         .disk_version       = DISK_VERSION,
diff --git a/runners/test_runner.h b/runners/test_runner.h
index 0f0e594e..ecdf9c11 100644
--- a/runners/test_runner.h
+++ b/runners/test_runner.h
@@ -89,13 +89,14 @@ intmax_t test_define(size_t define);
 #define CACHE_SIZE_i         6
 #define LOOKAHEAD_SIZE_i     7
 #define COMPACT_THRESH_i     8
-#define INLINE_MAX_i         9
-#define BLOCK_CYCLES_i       10
-#define ERASE_VALUE_i        11
-#define ERASE_CYCLES_i       12
-#define BADBLOCK_BEHAVIOR_i  13
-#define POWERLOSS_BEHAVIOR_i 14
-#define DISK_VERSION_i       15
+#define METADATA_MAX_i       9
+#define INLINE_MAX_i         10
+#define BLOCK_CYCLES_i       11
+#define ERASE_VALUE_i        12
+#define ERASE_CYCLES_i       13
+#define BADBLOCK_BEHAVIOR_i  14
+#define POWERLOSS_BEHAVIOR_i 15
+#define DISK_VERSION_i       16
 
 #define READ_SIZE           TEST_DEFINE(READ_SIZE_i)
 #define PROG_SIZE           TEST_DEFINE(PROG_SIZE_i)
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ intmax_t test_define(size_t define);
 #define CACHE_SIZE          TEST_DEFINE(CACHE_SIZE_i)
 #define LOOKAHEAD_SIZE      TEST_DEFINE(LOOKAHEAD_SIZE_i)
 #define COMPACT_THRESH      TEST_DEFINE(COMPACT_THRESH_i)
+#define METADATA_MAX        TEST_DEFINE(METADATA_MAX_i)
 #define INLINE_MAX          TEST_DEFINE(INLINE_MAX_i)
 #define BLOCK_CYCLES        TEST_DEFINE(BLOCK_CYCLES_i)
 #define ERASE_VALUE         TEST_DEFINE(ERASE_VALUE_i)
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ intmax_t test_define(size_t define);
     TEST_DEF(CACHE_SIZE,         lfs_max(64,lfs_max(READ_SIZE,PROG_SIZE))) \
     TEST_DEF(LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,     16) \
     TEST_DEF(COMPACT_THRESH,     0) \
+    TEST_DEF(METADATA_MAX,       0) \
     TEST_DEF(INLINE_MAX,         0) \
     TEST_DEF(BLOCK_CYCLES,       -1) \
     TEST_DEF(ERASE_VALUE,        0xff) \
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ intmax_t test_define(size_t define);
     TEST_DEF(DISK_VERSION,       0)
 
 #define TEST_GEOMETRY_DEFINE_COUNT 4
-#define TEST_IMPLICIT_DEFINE_COUNT 16
+#define TEST_IMPLICIT_DEFINE_COUNT 17
 
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/test_superblocks.toml b/tests/test_superblocks.toml
index e93f02eb..ea37bfba 100644
--- a/tests/test_superblocks.toml
+++ b/tests/test_superblocks.toml
@@ -523,3 +523,37 @@ code = '''
     assert(memcmp(buffer, "hello!", 6) == 0);
     lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
 '''
+
+# test that metadata_max does not cause problems for superblock compaction
+[cases.test_superblocks_metadata_max]
+defines.METADATA_MAX = ['512', 'BLOCK_SIZE/2', 'BLOCK_SIZE']
+defines.N = [10, 100, 1000]
+code = '''
+    lfs_t lfs;
+    lfs_format(&lfs, cfg) => 0;
+    lfs_mount(&lfs, cfg) => 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
+        lfs_file_t file;
+        lfs_file_open(&lfs, &file, "dummy",
+                LFS_O_WRONLY | LFS_O_CREAT | LFS_O_EXCL) => 0;
+        lfs_file_close(&lfs, &file) => 0;
+        struct lfs_info info;
+        lfs_stat(&lfs, "dummy", &info) => 0;
+        assert(strcmp(info.name, "dummy") == 0);
+        assert(info.type == LFS_TYPE_REG);
+        lfs_remove(&lfs, "dummy") => 0;
+    }
+    lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
+
+    // one last check after power-cycle
+    lfs_mount(&lfs, cfg) => 0;
+    lfs_file_t file;
+    lfs_file_open(&lfs, &file, "dummy",
+            LFS_O_WRONLY | LFS_O_CREAT | LFS_O_EXCL) => 0;
+    lfs_file_close(&lfs, &file) => 0;
+    struct lfs_info info;
+    lfs_stat(&lfs, "dummy", &info) => 0;
+    assert(strcmp(info.name, "dummy") == 0);
+    assert(info.type == LFS_TYPE_REG);
+    lfs_unmount(&lfs) => 0;
+'''