2 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/Tests/Lua.hs b/test/Tests/Lua.hs
index 895b93775..06f100048 100644
--- a/test/Tests/Lua.hs
+++ b/test/Tests/Lua.hs
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ tests = map (localOption (QuickCheckTests 20))
       "single-to-double-quoted.lua"
       (doc . para . singleQuoted $ str "simple")
       (doc . para . doubleQuoted $ str "simple")
+
+  , testCase "Count inlines via metatable catch-all" $
+    assertFilterConversion "filtering with metatable catch-all failed"
+      "metatable-catch-all.lua"
+      (doc . para $ "four words, three spaces")
+      (doc . para $ str "7")
   ]
 
 assertFilterConversion :: String -> FilePath -> Pandoc -> Pandoc -> Assertion
diff --git a/test/lua/metatable-catch-all.lua b/test/lua/metatable-catch-all.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05df16bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lua/metatable-catch-all.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+local num_inlines = 0
+
+function catch_all(el)
+  if el.tag and pandoc.Inline.constructor[el.tag] then
+    num_inlines = num_inlines + 1
+  end
+end
+
+function Pandoc(blocks, meta)
+  return pandoc.Pandoc {
+    pandoc.Para{pandoc.Str(num_inlines)}
+  }
+end
+
+return {
+  setmetatable(
+    {Pandoc = Pandoc},
+    {__index = function(_) return catch_all end}
+  )
+}