diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_gen_upscope.pl b/test_regress/t/t_gen_upscope.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3ff40a3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_gen_upscope.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2003 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you can
+# redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+
+compile (
+    );
+
+execute (
+    check_finished=>1,
+	 expect=>quotemeta(
+q{created tag with scope = top.v.tag
+created tag with scope = top.v.b.gen[0].tag
+created tag with scope = top.v.b.gen[1].tag
+mod a has scope = top.v
+mod a has tag   = top.v.tag
+mod b has scope = top.v.b
+mod b has tag   = top.v.tag
+mod c has scope = top.v.b.gen[0].c
+mod c has tag   = top.v.b.gen[0].tag
+mod c has scope = top.v.b.gen[1].c
+mod c has tag   = top.v.b.gen[1].tag
+*-* All Finished *-*}),
+    );
+
+ok(1);
+1;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_gen_upscope.v b/test_regress/t/t_gen_upscope.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..feebb2c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_gen_upscope.v
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed into the Public Domain, for any use,
+// without warranty, 2012 by Wilson Snyder.
+
+/* Acceptable answer 1
+created tag with scope = top.t.tag
+created tag with scope = top.t.b.gen[0].tag
+created tag with scope = top.t.b.gen[1].tag
+mod a has scope = top.t
+mod a has tag   = top.t.tag
+mod b has scope = top.t.b
+mod b has tag   = top.t.tag
+mod c has scope = top.t.b.gen[0].c
+mod c has tag   = top.t.b.gen[0].tag
+mod c has scope = top.t.b.gen[1].c
+mod c has tag   = top.t.b.gen[1].tag
+*/
+/* Acceptable answer 2
+created tag with scope = top.t.tag
+created tag with scope = top.t.b.gen[0].tag
+created tag with scope = top.t.b.gen[1].tag
+mod a has scope = top.t
+mod a has tag   = top.t.tag
+mod b has scope = top.t.b
+mod b has tag   = top.t.tag
+mod c has scope = top.t.b.gen[0].c
+mod c has tag   = top.t.tag
+mod c has scope = top.t.b.gen[1].c
+mod c has tag   = top.t.tag
+*/
+
+module t (/*AUTOARG*/
+   // Inputs
+   clk
+   );
+   input clk;
+   integer 	cyc=0;
+
+   tag tag ();
+   b b ();
+
+   always @ (t.cyc) begin
+      if (t.cyc == 2) $display("mod a has scope = %m");
+      if (t.cyc == 2) $display("mod a has tag   = %0s", tag.scope);
+   end
+
+   always @(posedge clk) begin
+      cyc <= cyc + 1;
+      if (cyc==99) begin
+	 $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+	 $finish;
+      end
+   end
+endmodule
+
+module b ();
+   genvar g;
+   generate
+      for (g=0; g<2; g++) begin : gen
+	 tag tag ();
+	 c c ();
+      end
+   endgenerate
+   always @ (t.cyc) begin
+      if (t.cyc == 3) $display("mod b has scope = %m");
+      if (t.cyc == 3) $display("mod b has tag   = %0s", tag.scope);
+   end
+endmodule
+
+module c ();
+   always @ (t.cyc) begin
+      if (t.cyc == 4) $display("mod c has scope = %m");
+      if (t.cyc == 4) $display("mod c has tag   = %0s", tag.scope);
+   end
+endmodule
+
+module tag ();
+   bit [100*8-1:0] scope;
+   initial begin
+      $sformat(scope,"%m");
+      $display("created tag with scope = %0s",scope);
+   end
+endmodule