diff --git a/subprojects/gst-integration-testsuites/ges/scenarios/backward_playback_with_start.validatetest b/subprojects/gst-integration-testsuites/ges/scenarios/backward_playback_with_start.validatetest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ed9e2b012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/gst-integration-testsuites/ges/scenarios/backward_playback_with_start.validatetest
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+meta,
+    tool = "ges-launch-$(gst_api_version)",
+    args = {
+        --track-types, video,
+        --disable-mixing,
+        --videosink, "$(videosink) name=videosink",
+        --audiosink, "$(audiosink) name=audiosink",
+        --video-caps, "video/x-raw,width=1280,height=720,framerate=30/1,format=I420",
+    },
+    handles-states = true,
+    ignore-eos = true,
+    configs = {
+        "$(validateflow), pad=videosink:sink, buffers-checksum=true, ignored-fields=\"stream-start={stream-id, group-id, stream}\"",
+    }
+
+# timecodestamper doesn't allow reverse playback yet
+add-clip, name=c0, asset-id="disable-timecodestamper=true", layer-priority=0, type=GESTestClip, start=0, duration=1.0
+set-child-properties, element-name=c0, pattern=blue
+
+add-clip, name=c1, asset-id="disable-timecodestamper=true", layer-priority=0, type=GESTestClip, start=1.0, duration=1.0
+set-child-properties, element-name=c1, pattern=red
+pause
+
+seek, start=0.0, stop=0.5, flags=accurate+flush, rate=-1.0
+play
+
+seek, on-message=eos, start=0.0, stop=0.5, flags=accurate+flush, rate=-1.0
+seek, on-message=eos, start=0.0, stop=1.0, flags=accurate+flush, rate=-1.0
+seek, on-message=eos, start=1.0, stop=1.5, flags=accurate+flush, rate=-1.0
+
+stop, on-message=eos
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-integration-testsuites/ges/scenarios/backward_playback_with_start/flow-expectations/log-videosink-sink-expected b/subprojects/gst-integration-testsuites/ges/scenarios/backward_playback_with_start/flow-expectations/log-videosink-sink-expected
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b36d788b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/gst-integration-testsuites/ges/scenarios/backward_playback_with_start/flow-expectations/log-videosink-sink-expected
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
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+event flush-stop: GstEventFlushStop, reset-time=(boolean)true;
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diff --git a/subprojects/gst-integration-testsuites/testsuites/ges.testslist b/subprojects/gst-integration-testsuites/testsuites/ges.testslist
index c064ac5e3c..93e7544c42 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-integration-testsuites/testsuites/ges.testslist
+++ b/subprojects/gst-integration-testsuites/testsuites/ges.testslist
@@ -761,3 +761,4 @@ ges.test.play_deeply_nested_back_to_back
 ges.test.play_two_nested_back_to_back
 ges.test.seek_on_stack_change_on_internal_subtimeline
 ges.test.videoscale_effect
+ges.test.backward_playback_with_start