diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_fuzz_always_bad.out b/test_regress/t/t_fuzz_always_bad.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63fc162df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_fuzz_always_bad.out
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+%Error: t/t_fuzz_always_bad.v:9: Can't find definition of 'a' in dotted variable: 'c.a'
+   always @ c.a c:h;
+              ^
+%Error: t/t_fuzz_always_bad.v:9: Can't find definition of task/function: 'h'
+   always @ c.a c:h;
+                  ^
+%Error: t/t_fuzz_always_bad.v:9: Unsupported: Complex statement in sensitivity list
+   always @ c.a c:h;
+             ^
+%Error: Exiting due to
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_fuzz_always_bad.pl b/test_regress/t/t_fuzz_always_bad.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b09f43e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_fuzz_always_bad.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2003 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you can
+# redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+
+scenarios(linter => 1);
+
+lint(
+    fails => 1,
+    expect_filename => $Self->{golden_filename},
+    );
+
+ok(1);
+1;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_fuzz_always_bad.v b/test_regress/t/t_fuzz_always_bad.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed2c10357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_fuzz_always_bad.v
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed into the Public Domain, for any use,
+// without warranty, 2019 by Wilson Snyder.
+
+//bug1577
+
+module t;
+   always @ c.a c:h;
+endmodule