diff --git a/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/test/rwsplit.sh b/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/test/rwsplit.sh
index fe8e7eb7f..a62e13345 100755
--- a/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/test/rwsplit.sh
+++ b/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/test/rwsplit.sh
@@ -37,3 +37,14 @@ if [ "$a" != "$TRETVAL" ]; then
 else 
         echo "$TINPUT PASSED">>$TLOG ; 
 fi
+
+# set a var via SELECT INTO @, get data from master, returning server-id: put master server-id value in TRETVAL
+TINPUT=select_for_var_set.sql
+TRETVAL=2
+
+a=`$RUNCMD < ./$TINPUT`
+if [ "$a" != "$TRETVAL" ]; then 
+        echo "$TINPUT FAILED, return value $a when $TRETVAL was expected">>$TLOG; 
+else 
+        echo "$TINPUT PASSED">>$TLOG ; 
+fi
diff --git a/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/test/select_for_var_set.sql b/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/test/select_for_var_set.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecf484f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/modules/routing/readwritesplit/test/select_for_var_set.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-- simple read with variable from master
+BEGIN;
+SELECT (@@server_id) INTO @a;
+SELECT @a;
+COMMIT;