diff --git a/test/unit/test_schedule_cache.py b/test/unit/test_schedule_cache.py
index 368a517d73..0d56dafa86 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_schedule_cache.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_schedule_cache.py
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import unittest
-from tinygrad import Tensor, Variable
+import functools
+from tinygrad import Tensor, Variable, UOp, Context
+from tinygrad.uop.ops import KernelInfo
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import schedule_cache
 
+def custom_set0_kernel(A:UOp, num:int) -> UOp:
+  return A[0].set(num).sink(arg=KernelInfo(f"custom_set0_{num}"))
+
 class TestScheduleCache(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_bound_variable_reuses_cache(self):
     schedule_cache.clear()
@@ -26,6 +31,33 @@ class TestScheduleCache(unittest.TestCase):
     _, var_vals = t.schedule_with_vars()
     self.assertEqual(var_vals, {'pos': 42})
 
+  @Context(SPEC=0)
+  def test_custom_kernel(self):
+    for i in range(4):
+      a = Tensor.empty(1)
+      a = Tensor.custom_kernel(a, fxn=functools.partial(custom_set0_kernel, num=i))[0]
+      a.realize()
+      self.assertEqual(a.item(), i)
+
+  @Context(SPEC=0)
+  def test_same_custom_function_reuses_cache(self):
+    schedule_cache.clear()
+    fxn = functools.partial(custom_set0_kernel, num=10)
+
+    # first run
+    a = Tensor.empty(1)
+    a = Tensor.custom_kernel(a, fxn=fxn)[0]
+    a.realize()
+    self.assertEqual(a.item(), 10)
+    cache_size_after_first = len(schedule_cache)
+
+    # second run with same function should reuse cache
+    b = Tensor.empty(1)
+    b = Tensor.custom_kernel(b, fxn=fxn)[0]
+    b.realize()
+    self.assertEqual(b.item(), 10)
+    self.assertEqual(len(schedule_cache), cache_size_after_first)
+
   def test_simple(self):
     a = Tensor.ones(10).contiguous()
     b = Tensor.ones(10).contiguous()
diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
index 748e28038f..93f8db1b96 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/ops.py
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ class CustomKernel:
   grad_fxn: Callable|None = None
   # sadly CustomKernel can't be pickled or reconstructed as a str
   def __reduce__(self): return (CustomKernel, (panic,))
-  def __repr__(self): return "CustomKernel(panic)"
+  def __repr__(self): return f"CustomKernel({id(self.fxn)})"
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class Kernel: