diff --git a/src/test/contracts/recursion.ligo b/src/test/contracts/recursion.ligo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..839ba45ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/contracts/recursion.ligo
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Test while loops in PascaLIGO
+
+function fibo (const n : int; const acc: int) : int is
+  if n<1 then acc else fibo(n-1,acc+n)
diff --git a/src/test/contracts/recursion.mligo b/src/test/contracts/recursion.mligo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f072f00b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/contracts/recursion.mligo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Test while loops in PascaLIGO
+
+let fibo (n : int) (acc: int) : int =
+    if (n < 1) then acc
+    else fibo (n-1) (acc+n)
diff --git a/src/test/integration_tests.ml b/src/test/integration_tests.ml
index 91969b374..bf24a6012 100644
--- a/src/test/integration_tests.ml
+++ b/src/test/integration_tests.ml
@@ -1493,6 +1493,20 @@ let assert_religo () : unit result =
   let%bind _ = expect_eq program "main" (make_input true) make_expected in
   ok ()
 
+let recursion_ligo () : unit result =
+  let%bind program = type_file "./contracts/recursion.ligo" in
+  let make_input = e_pair (e_int 10) (e_int 0) in
+  let make_expected = e_int 55 in
+  let%bind _ = expect_eq program "fibo" make_input make_expected in
+  ok ()
+
+let recursion_mligo () : unit result =
+  let%bind program = mtype_file "./contracts/recursion.mligo" in
+  let make_input = e_pair (e_int 10) (e_int 0) in
+  let make_expected = e_int 55 in
+  let%bind _ = expect_eq program "fibo" make_input make_expected in
+  ok ()
+
 let guess_string_mligo () : unit result =
   let%bind program = type_file "./contracts/guess_string.mligo" in
   let make_input = fun n -> e_pair (e_int n) (e_int 42) in
@@ -2407,6 +2421,8 @@ let main = test_suite "Integration (End to End)" [
     test "failwith ligo" failwith_ligo ;
     test "failwith mligo" failwith_mligo ;
     test "assert mligo" assert_mligo ;
+    test "recursion (ligo)" recursion_ligo ;
+    test "recursion (mligo)" recursion_mligo ;
     (* test "guess string mligo" guess_string_mligo ; WIP? *)
     test "lambda mligo" lambda_mligo ;
     test "lambda religo" lambda_religo ;