diff --git a/packages/cli-repl/src/smoke-tests.ts b/packages/cli-repl/src/smoke-tests.ts
index 22fe82155..559f7f0dc 100644
--- a/packages/cli-repl/src/smoke-tests.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-repl/src/smoke-tests.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ export async function runSmokeTests({
       perfTestIterations: 20,
       tags: ['startup'],
     },
+    {
+      name: 'eval_nodb_require',
+      input: '',
+      output: /foobar/,
+      includeStderr: false,
+      testArgs: ['--nodb', '--eval', 'require("util").format("%sbar", "foo")'],
+      exitCode: 0,
+      perfTestIterations: 0,
+    },
     {
       name: 'mongosh_version',
       input: '',