diff --git a/scripts/data/integration_tests/test_lua_api/player.lua b/scripts/data/integration_tests/test_lua_api/player.lua
index 95e35e7dd9..1da817e495 100644
--- a/scripts/data/integration_tests/test_lua_api/player.lua
+++ b/scripts/data/integration_tests/test_lua_api/player.lua
@@ -218,6 +218,18 @@ testing.registerLocalTest('findNearestNavMeshPosition',
             'Navigation mesh position ' .. testing.formatActualExpected(result, expected))
     end)
 
+testing.registerLocalTest('playerMemoryLimit',
+    function()
+        local ok, err = pcall(function()
+            local str = 'a'
+            while true do
+                str = str .. str
+            end
+        end)
+        testing.expectEqual(ok, false, 'Script reaching memory limit should fail')
+        testing.expectEqual(err, 'not enough memory')
+    end)
+
 return {
     engineHandlers = {
         onFrame = testing.updateLocal,
diff --git a/scripts/data/integration_tests/test_lua_api/test.lua b/scripts/data/integration_tests/test_lua_api/test.lua
index 1bbb3b4fc2..86fb8e904c 100644
--- a/scripts/data/integration_tests/test_lua_api/test.lua
+++ b/scripts/data/integration_tests/test_lua_api/test.lua
@@ -206,6 +206,19 @@ local function testUTF8Strings()
     testing.expectEqual(utf8.offset(utf8str, 9), 11)
 end
 
+local function testMemoryLimit()
+    local ok, err = pcall(function()
+        local t = {}
+        local n = 1
+        while true do
+            t[n] = n
+            n = n + 1
+        end
+    end)
+    testing.expectEqual(ok, false, 'Script reaching memory limit should fail')
+    testing.expectEqual(err, 'not enough memory')
+end
+
 local function initPlayer()
     player:teleport('', util.vector3(4096, 4096, 867.237), util.transform.identity)
     coroutine.yield()
@@ -260,6 +273,11 @@ tests = {
     {'utf8Chars', testUTF8Chars},
     {'utf8Strings', testUTF8Strings},
     {'mwscript', testMWScript},
+    {'testMemoryLimit', testMemoryLimit},
+    {'playerMemoryLimit', function()
+        initPlayer()
+        testing.runLocalTest(player, 'playerMemoryLimit')
+    end}
 }
 
 return {
diff --git a/scripts/integration_tests.py b/scripts/integration_tests.py
index 028b55d7da..bd93a317b3 100755
--- a/scripts/integration_tests.py
+++ b/scripts/integration_tests.py
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ def runTest(name):
             "framerate limit = 60\n"
             "[Game]\n"
             "smooth animation transitions = true\n"
+            "[Lua]\n"
+            f"memory limit = {1024 * 1024 * 128}\n"
         )
     stdout_lines = list()
     exit_ok = True