diff --git a/toolkit/devtools/server/tests/unit/test_ReadHeapSnapshot_with_allocations.js b/toolkit/devtools/server/tests/unit/test_ReadHeapSnapshot_with_allocations.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..22bd52b617a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/devtools/server/tests/unit/test_ReadHeapSnapshot_with_allocations.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
+   http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ */
+
+// Test that we can save a core dump with allocation stacks and read it back
+// into a HeapSnapshot.
+
+if (typeof Debugger != "function") {
+  const { addDebuggerToGlobal } = Cu.import("resource://gre/modules/jsdebugger.jsm", {});
+  addDebuggerToGlobal(this);
+}
+
+function run_test() {
+  // Create a Debugger observing a debuggee's allocations.
+  const debuggee = new Cu.Sandbox(null);
+  const dbg = new Debugger(debuggee);
+  dbg.memory.trackingAllocationSites = true;
+
+  // Allocate some objects in the debuggee that will have their allocation
+  // stacks recorded by the Debugger.
+  debuggee.eval("this.objects = []");
+  for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
+    debuggee.eval("this.objects.push({})");
+  }
+
+  // Now save a snapshot that will include the allocation stacks and read it
+  // back again.
+
+  const filePath = getFilePath("core-dump.tmp", true, true);
+  ok(filePath, "Should get a file path");
+
+  ChromeUtils.saveHeapSnapshot(filePath, { runtime: true });
+  ok(true, "Should be able to save a snapshot.");
+
+  const snapshot = ChromeUtils.readHeapSnapshot(filePath);
+  ok(snapshot, "Should be able to read a heap snapshot");
+  ok(snapshot instanceof HeapSnapshot, "Should be an instanceof HeapSnapshot");
+
+  do_test_finished();
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/devtools/server/tests/unit/xpcshell.ini b/toolkit/devtools/server/tests/unit/xpcshell.ini
index 1eb4730237d9..d0884d0e7860 100644
--- a/toolkit/devtools/server/tests/unit/xpcshell.ini
+++ b/toolkit/devtools/server/tests/unit/xpcshell.ini
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ support-files =
 [test_nsjsinspector.js]
 [test_SaveHeapSnapshot.js]
 [test_ReadHeapSnapshot.js]
+[test_ReadHeapSnapshot_with_allocations.js]
+skip-if = os == 'linux' # Bug 1176173
 [test_ReadHeapSnapshot_worker.js]
 skip-if = os == 'linux' # Bug 1176173
 [test_dbgactor.js]