diff --git a/test/requires.zep b/test/requires.zep
index 2c38e6ce61..accf880a7e 100644
--- a/test/requires.zep
+++ b/test/requires.zep
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 
 namespace Test;
 
+use Test\Requires\External3;
+
 class Requires
 {
+	protected content;
 
 	public function requireExternal1(var path)
 	{
@@ -15,4 +18,20 @@ class Requires
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	public function requireExternal3(var path)
+	{
+		var external3;
+
+		if PHP_MAJOR_VERSION == 5 {
+        	create_symbol_table();
+        }
+        let external3 = new External3();
+        external3->req(path, this);
+        return this->content;
+	}
+
+	public function setContent(var content)
+	{
+		let this->content = content;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/test/requires/External3.zep b/test/requires/External3.zep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b262d798be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/requires/External3.zep
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+/**
+ * External3 operations
+ */
+
+namespace Test\Requires;
+
+class External3
+{
+	protected someVariable;
+
+	public function req(var path, var requires)
+	{
+		ob_clean();
+		require path;
+		requires->setContent(ob_get_contents());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/unit-tests/Extension/RequiresTest.php b/unit-tests/Extension/RequiresTest.php
index 0a63ccd2c0..b106916c77 100644
--- a/unit-tests/Extension/RequiresTest.php
+++ b/unit-tests/Extension/RequiresTest.php
@@ -19,12 +19,21 @@
 
 namespace Extension;
 
+use Test\Requires;
+
 class RequiresTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     public function testRequireExternal1()
     {
-        $r = new \Test\Requires();
+        $r = new Requires();
         $this->assertSame($r->requireExternal1(__DIR__ . '/php/require-me-1.php'), array(1, 2, 3));
         $this->assertTrue($r->requireExternal1(__DIR__ . '/php/require-me-2.php') && defined('REQUIRE_ME'));
     }
+
+    public function testRequireExternal3()
+    {
+        $r = new Requires();
+        $output = $r->requireExternal3(__DIR__ . '/php/require-me-3.php');
+        $this->assertSame("test", $output);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/unit-tests/Extension/php/require-me-3.php b/unit-tests/Extension/php/require-me-3.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..523d7a13b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unit-tests/Extension/php/require-me-3.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+$this->someVariable["test"] = "test";
+echo $this->someVariable["test"];