diff --git a/t/Makefile.am b/t/Makefile.am
index 6e90f8364444..1997d3ab007a 100644
--- a/t/Makefile.am
+++ b/t/Makefile.am
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ dist_check_SCRIPTS = \
 	issues/t5105-signal-propagation.sh \
 	issues/t5308-kvsdir-initial-path.py \
 	issues/t5368-kvs-commit-clear.py \
+	issues/t5518-job-validator-hang.sh \
 	python/__init__.py \
 	python/subflux.py \
 	python/tap \
diff --git a/t/issues/t5518-job-validator-hang.sh b/t/issues/t5518-job-validator-hang.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..b799788600ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/issues/t5518-job-validator-hang.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# 
+# Run an instance with a very small job-ingest working buffer size
+# and ensure the worker does not hang after errors are returned
+#
+export FLUX_URI_RESOLVE_LOCAL=t
+
+#  Check if we need to start parent job, if so, reexec under flux-start
+if test "$VALIDATOR_HANG_TEST_ACTIVE" != "t"; then
+    export VALIDATOR_HANG_TEST_ACTIVE=t
+    printf "Re-launching test script under flux-start\n"
+    exec flux start -s1 $0
+fi
+
+id=$(flux alloc -n1 --bg --conf=ingest.buffer-size=8k)
+printf "Launched single core alloc job $id\n"
+
+# Submission of more than 1 job should have some failures, but should not
+# hang:
+flux proxy $id flux submit --cc=1-10 --watch hostname
+rc=$?
+printf "submission of multiple jobs got rc=$rc\n"
+test $rc -ne 0 || exit 1
+
+# Small job to clear errors
+flux proxy $id flux run --env=-* --env=PATH hostname
+
+# Another small job should succeed:
+flux proxy $id flux run --env=-* --env=PATH hostname || exit 1
+printf "submission of single job still works\n"