diff --git a/internal/integration_test/engine/memleak_test.go b/internal/integration_test/engine/memleak_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cb0179a3e
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+++ b/internal/integration_test/engine/memleak_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package adhoc
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/tetratelabs/wazero"
+)
+
+func TestMemoryLeak(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping memory leak test in short mode.")
+	}
+
+	duration := 5 * time.Second
+	t.Logf("running memory leak test for %s", duration)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), duration)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	for ctx.Err() == nil {
+		if err := testMemoryLeakInstantiateRuntimeAndModule(); err != nil {
+			log.Panicln(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var stats runtime.MemStats
+	runtime.GC()
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&stats)
+
+	if stats.Alloc > (100 * 1024 * 1024) {
+		t.Errorf("wazero used more than 100 MiB after running the test for %s (alloc=%d)", duration, stats.Alloc)
+	}
+}
+
+func testMemoryLeakInstantiateRuntimeAndModule() error {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	runtime := wazero.NewRuntime(ctx)
+	defer runtime.Close(ctx)
+
+	mod, err := runtime.InstantiateWithConfig(ctx, memoryWasm,
+		wazero.NewModuleConfig().WithStartFunctions())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return mod.Close(ctx)
+}