diff --git a/test/test_pickle.py b/test/test_pickle.py
index 75ae39b2e1..7ab038b989 100644
--- a/test/test_pickle.py
+++ b/test/test_pickle.py
@@ -65,5 +65,28 @@ class TestPickle(unittest.TestCase):
     sched_pk = pickle.loads(pk)
     assert sched_pk[-1].ast == sched[-1].ast
 
+class TestPickleJIT(unittest.TestCase):
+  @classmethod
+  def setUpClass(cls):
+    @TinyJit
+    def add(a, b): return a.sum()+b+1
+    for _ in range(3): add(Tensor.rand(1000, 1000), Tensor.rand(1000, 1000))
+    cls.st = pickle.dumps(add)
+    del add
+
+  def test_inspect(self):
+    import io
+    class FakeClass:
+      def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        print(self.module, self.name)
+    class InspectUnpickler(pickle.Unpickler):
+      def find_class(self, module, name): return type("SpecializedFakeClass", (FakeClass,), {"name": name, "module": module})
+    InspectUnpickler(io.BytesIO(self.st)).load()
+
+  @unittest.skip("we are still saving intermediate buffers")
+  def test_size(self):
+    # confirm no intermediate buffers are saved
+    self.assertLess(len(self.st), 1_000_000)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main()