diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index c93c58fe8..fa1efeb59 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ roundTripTest -g18000018 -P94 18
 roundTripTest -g18000019 -P96 19
 
 roundTripTest -g5000000000 -P99 1
+roundTripTest -g1700000000 -P0 "1 --zstd=strategy=6"   # ensure btlazy2 can survive an overflow rescale
 
 fileRoundTripTest -g4193M -P99 1